Shamima Begum: East London schoolgirl loses appeal against removal of UK citizenship

by Superschmoo

25 comments
  1. I am glad to see the British legal system is still robust and working correctly.

  2. *Well, well, well* if it isn’t the consequences of my actions…

  3. Good. While most of this sub seem to disagree, I’d rather we not have terrorists in this country.

  4. Tremendous. Great start to a Friday. Terrorist banned from the country.

  5. While she may/may not genuinely regret her decisions, im glad we arent leaving a loop hole for others to exploit.
    Go become a terrorist, then just apologise sweetly enough and you can come back again.

  6. She gave her citizenship up, we just finalised the paperwork.

    Bye Felicia

  7. I feel bad for her kids that died but she made her own bed

    Getting caught stealing a twix at 15 is a stupid mistake, travelling to Syria to join a terrorist state isn’t

    She should’ve applied for her Bangladeshi bloodline citizenship while she had the chance

  8. And over a quarter of a million pounds of UK taxpayers’ money spent on her legal aid so far. More to come with a further Supreme Court appeal as an option.

  9. Good. She chose to leave the country to actively support vile murderous terrorists. We don’t want her back.

  10. The irony is that the people celebrating this judgement will be the same people who complain when the UK can’t sent foreign terrorists back to the countries they came from

  11. How is she funding a legal team?

    Surely it isnt legal aid as she isn’t a citizen here.

  12. I am legit surprised that there is actually a section of UK public opinion that wants forgiveness for this treasonous terrorist.

    Like she can post as many sad pictures of herself as much as she wants, she isn’t getting ANY iota of sympathy for me.

    As an immigrant myself, I respect the tolerance and acceptance the UK has given my family and I will never take advantage of it.

  13. I wonder if the people here who are so adamant that Syria should have to deal with someone from our country committing crimes in their country would feel the same way if the roles were reversed. If someone came over from Syria and committed a bunch of crimes and the Syrian government responded with, “Too bad, so sad, we’re not taking them back, you deal with it,” I feel that the replies here would be very different.

  14. Good riddance. Let her rot in Syria. She isn’t shoplifting, she willingly joined a terrorist group that killed thousands and raped so many women.

  15. Hard for me to have any sympathy for someone who has actively travelled across the world to be a terrorist.

    Do some people not see the risk of bringing such a person back who could inspire (or commit) acts back in this country.

  16. She’s not a “schoolgirl”. She chose to go there then, made her own decision, and has grown up. These rags need to stop trying to get sympathy for her when there is none.

  17. This sub sure loves the idea of the government being able to take away your citizenship. Very authoritarian.

  18. What’s happened in this case is a national embarrassment and we should be ashamed. This young girl was radicalised, she’s British by birth and should be brought back to the UK to face the consequences of her actions and also receive help, what she’s been through is horrific. If this were a young white British girl the outcome here would be very different. This is both racism and misogyny on full display.

  19. Its the right decision.

    She is not innocent or 100% blameless.

    However, it must be accepted that at 15, she was a child who was trafficked by terrorists, yet she is judged to have been acting an adult, in full knowledge of her actions and the consequences.

  20. While I’m glad she will not be able to return to the UK, it terrifies me at the thought that even if you are a British citizen from an ethnic background, can the country just kick you out if you were accused of committing a crime. I don’t disagree with this specific example but what precedent will this set for the future?

  21. Whilst I understand the decision, I do still find it worrying.

    She was a teenager who was groomed into doing this. All whilst her smuggling into Syria was organised by an undercover Canadian spy.

    A serious conversation needs to be had around conduct of us and our allies who willing allowed her and two others to go. Especially considering the circumstances.

  22. The comments in here are mental, nobody was ever talking about forgiving her for being a terrorist, the problem is this means the government has decided it has the power to make someone totally stateless which is a violation of international law.

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