The Latest Breaking News from Sajid Javid

There can be few more dramatic examples of the state’s power over its citizens than to strip one of their very nationality. That was the decision taken by then-home secretary Sajid Javid in February 2019 regarding Shamima Begum after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp.

The government peddles a caricature so we don’t see her for what she is: a child trafficking victim groomed in the UK, says Maya Foa, director of the legal charity Reprieve

Begum’s lawyers vow to challenge decision after court finds she may have been trafficked to Syria for sexual exploitation

The runaway schoolgirl lost her legal challenge on Wednesday over the decision to deprive her of her British citizenship.

She was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State (IS) in February 2015

Special immigration appeals commission decision will not determine whether woman can return to UK

The decision means Ms Begum remains barred from returning to the UK and stuck in a camp in northern Syria

The Special Immigration Appeals Commission’s decision on her appeal is due on Wednesday morning.

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