Shamima Begum loses bid to challenge removal of her British citizenship

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Shamima Begum has misplaced her preliminary bid to challenge the removal of her British citizenship by taking her case to the Supreme Court.

Last yr, Ms Begum misplaced her first attraction towards the choice to revoke her citizenship on nationwide safety grounds on the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC), after she was present in a Syrian refugee camp following her journey to the nation as a 15-year-old in 2015.

Earlier this yr, three judges on the Court of Appeal unanimously dismissed her bid to overturn the SIAC choice.

On Monday, a judicial spokesperson confirmed that Ms Begum had requested the Court of Appeal for the inexperienced gentle to take her case to the Supreme Court, however had been refused.

Ms Begum might now ask the Supreme Court instantly for permission to have her case heard by the UK’s highest court docket.

Dismissing her Court of Appeal challenge in February, the woman chief justice, Baroness Carr, stated: “It could be argued the decision in Ms Begum’s case was harsh.

“It could also be argued that Ms Begum is the author of her own misfortune, but it is not for this court to agree or disagree with either point of view.

“The only task of the court was to assess whether the deprivation decision was unlawful.

“Since it was not, Ms Begum’s appeal is dismissed.”

Following this choice, Ms Begum’s solicitor Daniel Furner stated: “I want to say that I’m sorry to Shamima and to her family that after five years of fighting she still hasn’t received justice in a British court, and to promise her and promise the government that we are not going to stop fighting until she does get justice and until she is safely back home.”