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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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This citizenship scandal is a chance for Mahmood to show courage and clarity

At a time when major political parties are weaponising British citizenship and the legal right to reside in Britain, the true extent of the reality in this field has now been revealed.

Research by two respected human rights organisations, the Runnymede Trust and Reprieve, documents how the British government has deprived more than 200 people – citizens – of their rights by a stroke of a home secretary’s pen. The most prominent example is, of course, Shamima Begum, the so-called “Isis bride”.

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