ISIS bride Shamima Begum plans to get back with jihadi husband and make a new life in the Netherlands
ISIS bride Shamima Begum is planning to get back with her jihadi husband and make a new life in the Netherlands after being stripped of British citizenship.
The moaning teenager, who fled the UK to join the terror group in 2015, was yesterday told of the decision after days of speculation over whether she should be allowed back in the country.
Speaking from the camp in Syria where she's being held, she told : "I'm a bit shocked... It's a bit unjust on me and my son."
The 19-year-old, who gave birth to her baby boy on Sunday, said she had not been informed of the decision before getting the letter.
She added: "I don't know what to say. I am not that shocked but I am a bit shocked. It’s a bit upsetting and frustrating. I feel like it’s a bit unjust on me and my son.
"It’s kind of heartbreaking to read. My family made it sound like it would be a lot easier for me to come back to the UK when I was speaking to them in Baghouz. It’s kind of hard to swallow.
"I heard that other people are being sent back to Britain so I don’t know why my case is any different to other people, or is it just because I was on the news four years ago?"
She then suggested she might try use her marriage to Dutch jihadi Yago Riedijk as a means of gaining citizenship in Europe.
"Another option I might try with my family is my husband is from Holland and he has family in Holland.
"Maybe I can ask for citizenship in Holland. If he gets sent back to prison in Holland I can just wait for him while he is in prison."
An official Home Office letter breaking the shock news was delivered to Begum's"disappointed" family earlier yesterday.
The letter read: "Please find enclosed papers that relate to a decision taken by the Home Secretary, to deprive your daughter, Shamima Begum, of her British citizenship.
"In light of the circumstances of your daughter, the notice of the Home Secretary's decision has been served on file today (19th February), and the order removing her British citizenship has subsequently been made."
- went on to urge the Begum family to make their daughter aware of the decision while adding she had the right to appeal.
It's not yet known how the ban will affect her newborn son Jerah - who is half British and half Dutch.
The teenager's family are “disappointed” by the Home Office's decision, said their lawyer Tasnime Akunjee.