Sajid Javid, the home secretary, is currently answering an Urgent Question from Labour’s Diane Abbott on the case of Shamima Begum, who fled the UK when she was 15 to join Isis.
Mr Javid stripped Begum of her British citizenship, preventing her from returning to the UK. She is currently in a Syrian refugee camp. It was announced at the weekend that her newborn son had died.
Addressing MPs, Mr Javid refuses to comment on any specific case but says decisions on stripping people of their citizenship “are based on advice and intelligence from the security services, from counterterrorism police and from specialist security and legal officials in the Home Office”. He adds:
“When people dedicated to keeping our country safe give an informed recommendation, any home secretary should listen very carefully.”
He says the UK cannot provide support to any British national in Syria because there is no UK consulate there.
Mr Javid also warns against setting a precedent, saying:
“I don’t want any more children brought into a war zone because their parents think that they will automatically be bailed out no matter what the risk.”
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