A terror watchdog believes Shamima Begum as well as other British women who joined the so-called Islamic state should be allowed to return to the UK.
Jonathan Hall KC, a reviewer of terrorism legislation, intends to argue that British women or those who are former citizens should be able to return from Syria because that is the position taken by the UK's allies such as the United States. He will also raise concerns about a new generation of extremists being reared under the "curb of the caliphate" programme in northern Syria during a speech at King's College London on Monday evening.
Ms Begum was only 15 when she travelled from Bethnal Green, east London, through Turkey and into territory controlled by the terrorist group in 2015. In February 2019, her British citizenship was revoked.
