Shamima Begum loses final UK court bid over citizenship

It stated that the Supreme Court docket had “left decision” to the Strasbourg court docket.

Of their ruling, the justices discovered it was a matter for the European court docket to determine whether or not the method to deprive Ms Begum of British citizenship ought to have thought-about whether or not she was a possible sufferer of trafficking.

The Supreme Court docket justices additionally affirmed an earlier ruling which discovered these considerations had no materials bearing on the choice beneath UK regulation.

Her attorneys added: “It’s a matter of the gravest concern that British girls and youngsters have been arbitrarily imprisoned in a Syrian camp for 5 years, all detained indefinitely with none prospect of a trial.

“All different nations within the UK’s place have intervened and achieved the return of their residents and their kids.”

Reacting to the ruling, Maya Foa, director of human rights charity Reprieve, stated: “Exiling British nationals like Ms Begum is about politics, not the regulation.

“The prior authorities’s failed do-nothing strategy should be deserted. Our legislators ought to take accountability and repatriate the small variety of British households on this place so their circumstances will be handled right here in Britain.”

Ms Begum is held in Camp Roj in north-east Syria, which holds practically 3,000 people, 65% of whom are kids, based on the UN.

Amnesty Worldwide UK’s refugee and migrant rights director Steve Valdez-Symonds described the ruling as “deeply regarding” as she was “now exiled in harmful and inhuman circumstances” within the detention camp.

He added: “Stripping Shamima Begum’s nationality was profoundly unsuitable – she is and has at all times been British.”

The House Workplace stated it famous the choice of the Supreme Court docket, however that it “could be inappropriate to remark additional at the moment”.

The 2 different ladies Ms Begum travelled to Syria with – Amira Abase and Kadiza Sultana – are actually each regarded as useless.

The Shamima Begum Story podcast is accessible on BBC Sounds and a characteristic size documentary of the identical title is on BBC iPlayer (UK solely).