Parliament ‘could move to York site’
her point of view. Equally, I see how people can say, ‘You’ve made your bed, now lie in it.’”
But her father Ahmed Ali told the BBC he is “delighted” by the ruling, adding that he hopes his daughter will get “justice”.
Begum has begged her family to send her pictures of all three of her children who died in Syria. Her husband Yago Riedijk is detained in another camp.
She lost all the pictures of her children after her phone was taken from her when she arrived at the refugee camp. Her lawyer, Tasnime Akunjee, said: “Her motivation to come back was for her child. Now she is just lost and wants to come home.”
Her third child, Jarrah, died shortly after he was born last year. She also lost a one-year-old girl and a three-month-old boy.
Liberal Democrat home affairs spokeswoman Christine Jardine said: “These are people brought up, often born here,
unlikely to be willing to help unless a court orders it to
with families and loved ones and the Government should stand up and be counted when they are radicalised.
“They should also be prosecuted in the UK for their crimes and interrogated so we can prevent more young Brits becoming terrorists.”
Tory MP Andrew Bridgen
INTELLIGENCE SOURCE ON CHALLENGES BEGUM FACES
Why are the courts allowing Begum back into the UK? They believe she would be unable to properly appeal to have her citizenship returned while she is stuck in a camp in Syria. Does this mean she will definitely return to the UK and what will happen to her? She’s likely to be charged with terrorism-related crimes and monitored for life, whether jailed or not. It will take a long time for her to return and the Home Office is appealing against the decision. Her father
Ahmed Ali, right, was “delighted” by the ruling.
What is the moral argument for her returning?
Campaigners argue she was a child when groomed by ISIS, has never had a fair trial and has faced a terrible ordeal in Syria.
What is the argument against her return?
It will be enormously difficult to boot her out. She also represents a huge risk as a radicalised jihadi bride – and a huge cost to police and MI5 resources. How easy would it be for her to return to the UK?
It would be very difficult and take months, as she has no passport and the Foreign Office is unlikely to issue travel documents. What exactly has she done wrong?
Joined the world’s most brutal terror network and married a fighter who signed up to the cause – and she has never fully apologised publicly for supporting terrorism.
CHRIS HUGHES
QAsaid: “It opens the door for all her fellow jihadi brides to return to Britain – and potentially their terrorist partners too.”
She left Britain with two other East London girls, Kadiza Sultana, who was reportedly killed, and Amira Abase. Mohammed Shafiq, of the Manchester-based
Ramadhan Foundation, said the ruling was the “right decision” but agreed with calls for Begum to be “held to account for any crimes committed”.
Maya Foa, of Reprieve, which wants all Britons held in camps in north-east Syria to return, said: “The Government must repatriate the tiny number of remaining British families, to face British justice wherever there are charges to answer.”
In the Court of Appeal ruling, senior judges said they would be “uneasy” in determining whether Begum, as a 15-yearold schoolgirl, left the UK of her own free will.
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RELOCATION York is tipped
BORIS Johnson is thinking of moving MPs and peers to York during a multibillion pound overhaul of the Palace of Westminster.
The PM told refurbishment chiefs that he is now considering a brownfield site near the city’s station as Parliament’s temporary home.
A planned move to two sites in Central London is being reviewed due to cost.
In 2018, MPs approved the restoration, set to take at least six years.
Helen Kenny, of the FDA civil servants union, said: “The Government should focus on making the Parliamentary estate safe, rather than dreaming up new ways to further delay restoration.”
Relocating MPs and peers to York against their will is “highly unlikely”, says Commons Leader Jacob Rees-Mogg.
The Foreign Office is