Shamima Begum loses first bid to challenge British citizenship removal at UK Supreme Court

The decision to deprive Shamima Begum of her British citizenship was unlawful, the Court of Appeal has heard. Shamima travelled to Syria in 2015 – at the age of 15 – before her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019. Earlier this year, the now-24-year-old lost a challenge against the decision at the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC). Issue date: Tuesday October 24, 2023.

Shamima Begum has lost her initial bid to challenge the removal of her British citizenship at the UK Supreme Court.

Last year, Ms Begum lost her first appeal against the decision to revoke her citizenship on national security grounds at the UK Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), after she was found in a Syrian refugee camp following her travel to the country as a 15-year-old in 2015.