Update on Shamima Begum: Bring Me Home
The Story27 Helmi 2021

Update on Shamima Begum: Bring Me Home

The Supreme Court has ruled that Shamima Begum will not be allowed to return to the UK to fight her citizenship case. Begum, who was a teenager when she left Britain to join ISIS, has been fighting a legal battle to return home from the camp in northern Syria where she's currently detained. Today we revisit the first in our five part mini-series providing background on the case. To listen to the rest of the series search 'Bring Me Home' on Apple, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.


It was a chance meeting in a Syrian camp. A veteran war reporter, a young mother, and an interview that polarised a nation. Shamima Begum was just 15 years old when she and two of her school friends from Bethnal Green left Britain to join Islamic State. Five years later, with her fate still hanging in the balance, the Supreme Court will this week decide whether she can return to the UK to challenge the deprivation of her citizenship. This episode of the Stories of our Times podcast will form part of a week-long series. We'll explore: what should happen to British nationals who left to join Islamic State, and do we have a responsibility to bring them back?


The rest of the Bring Me Home series:

Episode 2, Life in the Camps

Episode 3, Deradicalising Shamima Begu‪m‬

Episode 4, Lessons from Europe

Episode 5, A legal battle over Shamima Begum's future


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Guest: Anthony Loyd, Foreign Correspondent, The Times.


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