Ex-ISIS brides like Shamima Begum SHOULD be allowed back to UK because their kids could become ‘cubs of the caliphate’

ISIS brides like Shamima Begum should be allowed to come back to the UK because their children could become "cubs of the caliphate", a senior lawyer has said.

The former jihadi bride had her appeal to return to the UK rejected last week.

The 23-year-old was stripped of her British citizenship in 2019 after she fled London to join ISIS nearly 10 years ago.

According to , the Government's independent terrorism watchdog will now argue Shamima should be allowed to return from Syria.

Jonathan Hall KC, the reviewer of terrorism legislation, is understood to have concerns about a new generation of extremists being bred if kids are left to grow up in camps.

In a speech to King’s College London, Hall is set to say the risk posed by ISIS has now changed.

He will add the UK is "under the spotlight" to bring British, or formerly British women, and their children home and away from Kurdish authorities.

He is expected to say: “Compared to men, women are less likely to have travelled for the purpose of fighting, are less likely to have played battlefield roles, may well have had less autonomy in being able to leave and now make up the majority of those UK-linked individuals detained.

"Women with children may also fear child protection measures being taken against them . . . mitigating against further terrorist engagement.

“For UK-linked children, the less time spent being incubated as cubs of the caliphate the better.”

Shamima was just 15 years old when she left her home in Bethnal Green, East London, with two school pals back in 2015.

Supporters claimed she was a victim of trafficking - but the Government said she went with her "eyes wide open".

She has since been deemed a danger to society.

Shamima is currently living at a camp in northern Syria following the collapse of the ISIS "Caliphate" - where she is now likely to remain.

She went to ISIS capital Raqqa where she married Dutch jihadi Yago Riedijk - six years older at 21.

They had three children who died from malnutrition and disease.

The BBC was slammed for giving Begum a "platform" last month in a fresh bid for sympathy.