The Latest Breaking News from Shamima Begum

Lawyer says home secretary failed to consider ‘serious consequences’ of removing 23-year-old’s citizenship

Shamima Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join IS in February 2015.

Tribunal hears there were grounds to suspect the then 15-year-old had been groomed as a child bride

Lawyers representing the 23-year-old argue she was ‘groomed’ as a 15-year-old

Lawyers for 23-year-old who left UK to join Islamic State in 2015 challenge ‘hasty’ decision to revoke citizenship

London (AFP) - A woman who was stripped of her British citizenship after joining the Islamic State group in Syria was the victim of propaganda and should be treated as a child trafficking victim, a court in London heard on Monday.

SHAMIMA Begum was influenced by a “determined and effective Isis propaganda machine” and should have been treated as a child trafficking victim,…

Shamima Begum is to appeal today against the ban on her return to Britain. The case is being heard by an immigration appeals tribunal but the ultimate decision lies with the Home Secretary. Suella Braverman may stick with the view that Begum is a danger to national security.

Ms Begum, who travelled to Syria aged 15, is challenging the Home Office’s decision to remove her British citizenship,

A British-born woman who went to Syria as a schoolgirl to join Islamic State (IS) is challenging the UK government's decision to take away her citizenship, with her lawyers telling a London court that she was likely "a child victim of trafficking".

Shamima Begum fled east London as a 15-year-old to join Islamic State seven years ago and is now challenging the UK government's decision to remove her citizenship