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Who is Shamima Begum?
One of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria in 2015 to support the IS group.
What is citizenship?
Citizenship is a legal status that grants the right to live in a country, access services, and vote.
Where is Shamima Begum currently located?
In a camp controlled by armed guards in northern Syria.
What circumstances allow the government to remove someone's UK citizenship?
If it is 'for the public good' and would not make them stateless, if the person obtained citizenship through fraud, or if their actions could harm UK interests and they could claim citizenship elsewhere.
What rights do UK citizens have?
The legal right to live in the country, access services such as welfare, education, and healthcare, and the right to vote.
What is the difference between UK citizens and those with 'settled status' or 'leave to remain'?
Citizens have full legal rights, while those with 'settled status' or 'leave to remain' have many of the same rights but are not citizens.
Why was Ms. Shamima Begum's British citizenship revoked?
Because she was considered a citizen of Bangladesh by descent and removing her British nationality would not make her stateless.
What did the Supreme Court decide regarding Ms. Begum's return to the UK?
The Supreme Court decided that Ms. Begum could not return to the UK to appeal against the decision to remove her citizenship.
What argument did lawyers for Ms. Begum present at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC)?
They argued that the decision to remove her citizenship was unlawful as it did not consider whether she had been a child victim of trafficking.
What was the outcome of the challenge at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC)?
SIAC ruled that although there was a credible suspicion that Ms. Begum was a victim of trafficking and exploitation, it did not prevent the home secretary from stripping her of British citizenship.
How many people were stripped of their British citizenship between 2010 and 2022 according to the Home Office?
220 people were stripped of their British citizenship for the public good.
What was the highest number of people that lost their citizenship in a single year according to the Home Office data?
104 people lost their citizenship in 2017, the highest year on record.
Learn about Shamima Begum, a young woman from the UK who travelled to Syria to support the IS group at the age of 15. Discover more about her background, marriage to an Islamic State fighter, loss of citizenship, and current situation in a camp in northern Syria.
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