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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Jack Barton and Mark Townsend

Surge in number of Britons fighting to hold on to their citizenship

Shamima Begum
Shamima Begum remains in a refugee camp in Syria after losing her UK citizenship appeal. Photograph: Joshua Baker/BBC

At least 75 people successfully overturned Home Office orders to strip them of their British citizenship last year, according to records obtained by the Observer, which reveal a dramatic increase in challenges to the government’s use of the controversial powers.

On Wednesday, Shamima Begum, 23, lost her appeal against the Home Office’s decision to remove her British citizenship and is stranded in Syria, barred from returning to the UK.

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