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A decision is due to be made Friday on whether Shamima Begum, who travelled to Syria in 2015 to join the Islamic State group, can return to the UK.
Begum fled the UK in 2015 along with two school friends when she was 15 to join the terror group, which had taken over swathes of Syria at the time.
Following the fall of IS in the country, she resurfaced at a refugee camp in Syria, is currently being detained at the Al-Roj camp, in north-east Syria, by the Syrian Democratic Forces.
The UK Supreme Court is set to announce whether she can return to the UK, who revoked her citizenship in February 2019, with authorities arguing her return to the UK presented a risk to national security.
Begum wants to return to the UK to fight for the restoration of her citizenship, which was removed by former home secretary Sajid Javid, who had argued that she was Bangladeshi by descent and could therefore go to Bangladesh.
She challenged the decision, arguing she is not a citizen of another country and that Javid’s decision left her stateless.
The court of appeal ruled in July 2020 that she should be allowed to return to pursue her appeal saying that was the only way she could have a “fair and effective appeal”.
In November that decision was challenged at the Supreme Court by the Home Office on the grounds that her return would pose significant national security risks.
Begum claims she was just a housewife during her time with Islamic State.
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