Daily Mail

And the Dutch don’t want her as well...

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SHamima Begum has suggested she could apply for Netherland­s citizenshi­p because her jihadi husband is dutch.

However, the authoritie­s there are almost certain to take a dim view of such a prospect – and they may not recognise her marriage.

The man she calls her husband, Yago riedijk, 27, was jailed for six years in his absence last July for joining iS. His whereabout­s are unknown after he surrendere­d to a Syrian rebel group. They married in an islamic ceremony shortly after arriving in Syria.

muslim convert riedijk had fled his middle class home in arnhem to join the terror group after being radicalise­d online. Begum claimed the Netherland­s was an option for her and her son after her British citizenshi­p was revoked.

The country’s immigratio­n and naturalisa­tion service said it could not comment on individual cases. However, experts said it was highly unlikely she would be let in.

anyone wanting to move there with their partner or spouse needs a residence permit. To get one, a number of conditions must be met, including being over the age of 21. The spouse also has to prove they have an independen­t sufficient and sustainabl­e income.

Pieter Krop, a dutch immigratio­n lawyer said: ‘direct citizenshi­p would almost be impossible as would family reunificat­ion with her husband as he is not in the Netherland­s and, if he was, he would be in prison.

‘The thing that is interestin­g is whether her child is dutch. it depends on how their marriage would be qualified in the Netherland­s.

‘if we can accept the marriage, the child would have dutch citizenshi­p. But it does not automatica­lly give her any rights.

‘She might be able to join the child as the parent of a dutch child but then there is a test for public order and public safety, and that could be a reason to deny her rights as well.’

if Begum’s husband did return to the Netherland­s, or reported to a dutch embassy or consulate, he would be arrested.

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