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Shamima Begum’s family demand Government bring her home ‘where she belongs’ claiming ‘she’s pregnant and vulnerable’
Pregnant Shamima Begum has begged to return to the UK to have her baby and 'live quietly' in Britain
THE family of a jihadi bride has begged the Government to let the teen return home to the UK "where she belongs".
Pregnant Shamima Begum, 19, this week resurfaced after fleeing to Syria to join IS as a Bethnal Green high school student with two pals in 2015.
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She was discovered by a in a camp filled with refugees escaping the battle for the final ISIS stronghold - telling him she didn't regret joining the murderous cult but would now do anything possible to get home.
And today, her elder sister Renu she was desperate for the teen to come home.
She pleaded: "She's pregnant and vulnerable, and it’s important we get her out of al-Hawl camp and home as soon as possible.
"We hope the British Government will help us bring her home to us where she belongs."
The teen's family has previously admitted they understood she would not be welcome.
Speaking on behalf of the family, Mr Rehman told : “As a family we can't understand how her head was turned like this and why she thought going to Syria was a good idea.
“I can understand why people in this country are angry and don't want her back. What she's done doesn't portray Islam in a good light.”
While her family pleas for "compassion" the teen shows no sign of repentance.
During interviews she even called herself “weak” for leaving ISIS and praised those who stayed to fight with the death cult.
Meanwhile critics are furious at the thought of her picking up her life at home in Bethnal Green, East London.
NO RESCUE FOR JIHADI BRIDE
Security minister Ben Wallace said British lives will not be risked trying to rescue the jihadi bride.
He added that if she does make it back to the UK she will face prosecution “at the very least”.
Mr Wallace said today: “She's a British citizen, she has rights. That's the reality of it. It's not about me or anyone else saying you can't come.
“You have rights. But you know, don't be surprised by what reception you get when you come back when it comes to investigations and law enforcement.”
Ex UKIP leader turned LBC radio host Nigel Farage was also among those calling for the government to stop Begum returning to Britain.
He fumed: “This woman shows no remorse for her actions, remains a committed jihadist and is totally unsuitable to come into our country.”
'BRING ME HOME'
Begum made the plea to return to the UK after telling reporters she could give birth “any day now”.
Her pregnancy comes after her first two children died of starvation and illness, with Begum hoping the baby can have a decent life with her in the UK.
Speaking to a who tracked her down she said: "I'm scared this baby is going to get sick in this camp.
"That's why I really want to get back to Britain.
"Because I know it will be taken care of, healthwise at least."
And she calmly revealed that the first time she saw a severed head “didn’t faze me at all”.
She revealed she had been married to a Dutch fighter and but now believes she is a widow.
RETURNING JIHADIS What is the law in Britain?
In 2018, it was revealed that almost 400 Brit jihadis who fought for bloodthirsty ISIS in Syria are back in the UK.
But shockingly just one in ten have been prosecuted for "direct action they've carried out in Syria".
Around 15 per cent of the 850 Brits believed to have travelled to Syria or Iraq have died.
The Home Office says every person who returns is questioned by police and an assessment made over whether they are a threat to Britain.
However few have been prosecuted.
The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Bill is currently going through Parliament, after its third reading in the House of Lords.
This could make travelling abroad to join terror groups an offence which carries a penalty of ten years in prison.
Security Minister Ben Wallace said: "The UK advises against all travel to Syria and parts of Iraq. Anyone who does travel to these areas, for whatever reason, is putting themselves in considerable danger.
"Everyone who returns from taking part in the conflict in Syria or Iraq must expect to be investigated by the police to determine if they have committed criminal offences, and to ensure that they do not pose a threat to our national security.
"There are a range of terrorism offences where individuals can be convicted for crimes committed overseas and we can also use Temporary Exclusion Orders to control an individuals' return to the UK."
She added: “I know what everyone at home thinks of me as I have read all that was written about me online. But I just want to come home to have my child. I’ll do anything required just to be able to come home and live quietly with my child.”
Discussing what made her walk away from the embattled village of Baghuz, Begum described herself as “weak” for leaving ISIS and praised those brave enough to stay.
She added: “In the end, I just could not endure anymore. I just couldn’t take it. Now all I want to do is come home to Britain.”
The teen also criticised the group’s oppression and corruption saying they didn’t “deserve victory”.
But she insisted: “I’m not the same silly little 15-year-old schoolgirl who ran away from Bethnal Green four years ago and I don’t regret coming here."
I don't regret coming here
Shamima Begum
Begum - who used her elder sister’s passport to leave the UK - fled with two Bethnal Green Academy pals, Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase, in February 2015.
The trio flew to Turkey and then used people smugglers to cross the border into Syria.
She believed that her two Bethnal Green friends were still alive as recently as two weeks ago, but Sultana is widely thought to have been killed in a Raqqa airstrike in 2016.
Amira's dad has now said the girls "pose no threat" as he begged for them to be allowed home.
THE SUN SAYS Keep jihadi bride Shamima Begum out of Britain — let her try her luck in Bangladesh
JIHADI bride Shamima Begum must never set foot in Britain again.
It is sickening and yet predictable that, having joined a terror cult sworn to destroy the West, she now pines for our free healthcare.
Yes, she was only 15 when she left London. But she was old enough to know right from wrong — to know IS were an evil army of terrorist cut-throats.
Even now she has “no regrets” about supporting the Islamist butchers as they raped and massacred women and children and beheaded hostages. She seems proud she was unmoved by the sight of an enemy’s head in a bin.
No remorse. No tears for the family life she abandoned in Bethnal Green. No nostalgic longing for our food, telly or shops. No hint her mind has changed.
Begum simply no longer has “high hopes” IS will survive and wants taxpayers to look after her and her baby.
We won’t.
Security Minister Ben Wallace rightly won’t lift a finger. He says she will face justice if she turns up. Let’s go further: Strip her of her citizenship. Stop her at the border. She is eligible to become Bangladeshi. Let her try her luck there.
Begum would eradicate our way of life if she could. Why should we pay to house or police her?
'COMPLETELY UNREPENTANT'
Anyone who returns to the UK after travelling to ISIS territory faces a criminal investigation and up to ten years in jail.
The Sun revealed that permanent exclusion could be an option for the teen.
It emerged the legal test to exclude the wife of an ISIS fighter from the UK is whether she is eligible to claim citizenship elsewhere. Her parents are from Bangladesh — raising the bar to re-entry here.
Other alternatives could see the teen prosecuted in her absence for being in a designated terror area — or to allow her to return but under heavy monitoring.
Critics today argued Begum's lack of remorse shows she is a danger to Britain.
Dr Kim Howells, a former Foreign Office and Counter-Terrorism Minister under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, said: "She sounds to be completely unrepentant, she sounds cynical, she said she wasn't phased by the sight of these heads in a bin as she described it. And now she wants to take advantage of the NHS.
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"You can bet your bottom dollar there will be a lobby that will swing into action to get this girl home on humanitarian grounds.
"There's not going to be many people with great enthusiasm for bringing her back, but I suspect she will make it in the end."
An ex-Guantanamo Bay prisoner spoke out on Good Morning Britain today, questioning what danger the pregnant teen would pose.
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SHAMIMA Begum, Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase are thought to have crossed into Syria from Turkey to join Islamic State
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