Shamima Begum: Teen mum who joined IS in Syria to lose UK citizenship

Shamima Begum, who joined the Islamic State group in Syria aged 15, is to lose her UK citizenship.

Shamima Begum said she only wants to return to the UK with her newborn baby.

شمیمه بیگم می‌خواهد با پسر تازه متولد شده‌اش به بریتانیا برگردد Source: AAP

A teenager who joined the so-called Islamic State group in Syria at 15 and gave birth in a refugee camp will lose her UK citizenship.

Shamima Begum, whose fate has stirred controversy ever since she and two friends fled London to join the terror network in 2015 aged just 15, was reportedly told her British citizenship would be revoked via a letter from the Home Office on Tuesday.

The letter said Home Secretary Sajid Javid had taken the decision to remove her the now 19-year-old’s British citizenship and the order to do so had subsequently been made, according to ITV News.

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