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British 'Daesh bride' was 'trafficking victim,' court told | |
2021-06-19 | |
Shamima Begum was 15 when she traveled from London to Syria with two fellow pupils in February 2015. Britannia’s interior ministry revoked her citizenship on national security grounds after she was discovered heavily pregnant in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019, amid an outcry led by right-wing newspapers. The Court of Appeal ruled last July that Begum could return to Britannia to challenge the decision. But the Supreme Court in February overturned the lower court ruling, and prevented her from doing so on national security grounds. Begum, now 21, is challenging the interior ministry’s decision at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) that deals with deportations on national security grounds and the revocation of citizenship. Her lawyer, Samantha Knights, claimed Begum was "a child trafficked to and remaining in Syria for the purposes of sexual exploitation and forced marriage." She also argued that revoking Begum’s citizenship left her stateless and the decision was procedurally unfair. The court was told Begum was living in a "dire" and "fundamentally unsafe environment in which violence is endemic" in the al-Roj refugee camp in northern Syria. Knights added there was a "serious and present danger" to Begum after the media located her whereabouts and due to her engagement with Western legal processes. The lawyer argued against delaying her appeal until the conclusion of a separate case in March 2022. Lawyer David Blundell, representing Britannia’s interior ministry, said Begum should not be allowed to change the grounds of her appeal. "The absence of a claim that she has been trafficked means this ground proceeds on an uncertain factual basis. It is entirely speculative," he said. Begum is of Bangladeshi heritage but the country’s foreign minister has said he will not consider granting her citizenship. An estimated 900 Britons traveled to Syria and Iraq to join ISIS. The government has prosecuted returnees and revoked more than 150 people’s citizenship, with unconfirmed numbers stuck in Syria. Rights group Reprieve in April said the government was "systematically failing" vulnerable young women who were trafficked to Syria for sexual and other forms of exploitation. SIAC judge Robert Jay said he would give a ruling by the end of June. Related: Shamima Begum: 2021-05-27 Rights monitor urges Nordic countries to repatriate 164 nationals from Rojava Shamima Begum: 2021-04-19 Russia repatriates 34 children from al-Hol camp Shamima Begum: 2021-04-02 Netherlands appeal court rules against repatriation of ISIS-linked Dutch woman, Danes establish task force to investigate Related: Amira Abase: 2020-07-17 UK ISIS bride can return to country after leaving for Syria in 2015, says court Amira Abase: 2016-08-13 Bethnal Green schoolgirl who joined ISIS is killed in a Russian airstrike Amira Abase: 2015-07-13 Runaway British schoolgirl marries the Ginger Jihadi Related: Kadiza Sultana: 2020-07-17 UK ISIS bride can return to country after leaving for Syria in 2015, says court Kadiza Sultana: 2016-08-13 Bethnal Green schoolgirl who joined ISIS is killed in a Russian airstrike Kadiza Sultana: 2015-07-06 Two Bethnal Green schoolgirls 'now married to Isis men' in Syria | |
Posted by:Fred |
#2 Good find, Dron. |
Posted by: trailing wife 2021-06-19 00:52 |
#1 This she bitch and her friend Amira were local recruiters and proselytizers of other girls in the school she went to, until she was of age to be married to a jihadi. School friends talk for first time about Shamima's islam mongering and recruitment. |
Posted by: Dron66046 2021-06-19 00:22 |