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ISIS bride Shamima Begum's return home from Syria 'could see 100 extremists flood UK'

Government insiders have supposedly reported renewed interest from Shamima Begum's lawyers regarding her potential return to the UK, but they warn of other dangers

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Shamima Begum's lawyer thinks there could be new developments in her case(Image: BBC)

Authorities working on the Shamima Behum case thought there might be a chance for her to return home soon, due to the overthrowing of Bashar al-Assads government in Syria.

However, officials in the UK said there could be dire complications if she was granted return to the UK, including several other extremists joining her in the process. Sources also say the operation could create a huge strain on social security. British-born Begum, 25, is currently held in a detention camp in Syria. She has been there for years after she fled her home in east London to join ISIS in 2015. Since then, she has been trying to raise a campaign to return, but several government actions and protests have prevented this from being granted.

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Officials warn of dangers in allowing Begum's return to the UK(Image: AFP/Getty Images)

In 2019, the Conservative government revoked her citizenship in a controversial move, effectively making it near impossible to return to her London home. However, there are new fears that she could find a way to come back.

Recently, Bashar al-Assads government fell which sparked concern that Begum could use it to springboard a new appeal.

According to the Sun, Begums lawyer Tasnime Akunjee has said her hopes of returning have been bolstered after the fall of Assad. An insider has reportedly spoken to the outlet and suggested that if the government changed its mind, her return could cause huge complications for national security.

They said: If Shamima is allowed back in it could open the floodgates to 100 others." The source added that the Home Office currently keep close tabs on those in Syria with British citizenship. If they also came back, the source claims "they pose a risk and would take a massive amount of resources to watch."

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Lawyers have been working to try and get Begum back to the UK(Image: Getty Images)

They claim that the government currently have no plans to overturn their citizenship decision for Begum, and remind the public that their main concern is keeping Britain safe from extremism. However, there was controversy around their decision.

The PMs new Attorney General Richard Hermer said stripping Begum of her citizenship was draconian. Although this was before he joined Kier Starmer's cabinet. Similarly, former Tory cabinet minister Jacob Rees-Mogg branded the decision to revoke herr citizenship as fundamentally racist."

This is not because Begum was groomed, trafficked and raped. These are serious considerations, and in all normal circumstances, a 15-year-old treated in such a barbarous way would not be held culpable for her actions, he wrote in the Spectator magazine.

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