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Shamima Begum: IS teen's return to UK 'could be prevented' [View all]
Source: BBC
Shamima Begum: IS teen's return to UK 'could be prevented'
15 February 2019
A British woman who fled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group could be prevented from returning to the UK, the home secretary has said.
"My message is clear," Sajid Javid told the Times: "If you have supported terrorist organisations abroad I will not hesitate to prevent your return."
He added that if Shamima Begum, 19, did come home she could be prosecuted.
Ms Begum, who is pregnant, told the paper she had no regrets but wanted to have her baby in the UK.
"We must remember that those who left Britain to join Daesh were full of hate for our country," Mr Javid said.
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15 February 2019
A British woman who fled to Syria as a schoolgirl to join the Islamic State group could be prevented from returning to the UK, the home secretary has said.
"My message is clear," Sajid Javid told the Times: "If you have supported terrorist organisations abroad I will not hesitate to prevent your return."
He added that if Shamima Begum, 19, did come home she could be prosecuted.
Ms Begum, who is pregnant, told the paper she had no regrets but wanted to have her baby in the UK.
"We must remember that those who left Britain to join Daesh were full of hate for our country," Mr Javid said.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-47248555
Ms Begum was 15 and living in Bethnal Green, London, when she left the UK in 2015
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