Who is Shamima Begum?

One of three east London schoolgirls who travelled to Syria in 2015 to support the IS group.

Citizenship is a legal status that grants the right to live in a country, access services, and vote.

In a camp controlled by armed guards in northern Syria.

<p>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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The legal right to live in the country, access services such as welfare, education, and healthcare, and the right to vote.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Citizens have full legal rights, while those with 'settled status' or 'leave to remain' have many of the same rights but are not citizens.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Because she was considered a citizen of Bangladesh by descent and removing her British nationality would not make her stateless.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The Supreme Court decided that Ms. Begum could not return to the UK to appeal against the decision to remove her citizenship.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>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.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>220 people were stripped of their British citizenship for the public good.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>104 people lost their citizenship in 2017, the highest year on record.</p> Signup and view all the answers