Begum, a former IS bride, has lost her appeal over the removal of her UK citizenship. In 2019, authorities withdrew her British citizenship after she surfaced in a Syrian refugee camp. Last year, she lost her appeal against the decision at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, a tribunal that hears challenges to decisions to remove British citizenship on national security grounds.
Her lawyers brought a further bid to overturn the decision at the Court of Appeal, but all three judges dismissed her case.
According to Chief Justice Sue Carr, it is not the court's job to decide whether the decision to strip Begum of her British citizenship was "harsh" or whether she was the "author of her own misfortune." The judges argued that Begum had made a "calculated" decision to join IS, even though she may have been "influenced and manipulated by others.
Authorities withdrew her British citizenship soon after she surfaced in a Syrian refugee camp in 2019, where she has been ever since. Last year, Begum lost her appeal against the decision at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission, a tribunal which hears challenges to decisions to remove British citizenship on national security grounds. Her lawyers brought a further bid to overturn the decision at the Court of Appeal, but all three judges dismissed her case.
According to Chief Justice Sue Carr, it is not the court's job to decide whether the decision to strip Begum of her British citizenship was "harsh" or whether she was the "author of her own misfortune." The judges argued that Begum had made a "calculated" decision to join IS, even though she may have been "influenced and manipulated by others.
Source: MSN
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