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ISIS bride Shamima Begum says she is "willing to change" her ways while pleading for "mercy" from Britain.

The 19-year-old also claims her newborn son Jerah is so sick she will not allow him to return to the UK without her.

 Runaway ISIS bride Shamima Begum spoke to Sky from a tent at a refugee camp in Syria
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Runaway ISIS bride Shamima Begum spoke to Sky from a tent at a refugee camp in Syria

"I am struggling to get my supplies in right now," she told Sky News correspondent John Sparks while speaking from Syria.

"I don't have a card because they lost my card, so I have to run around to take care of my son now, when I am sick. I am not getting my stuff."

In a message to British politicians the teen said: "I would like them to re-evaluate my case with a bit more mercy in their heart, you know."

if she could be rehabilitated following her time with the terror group, she replied: "I am willing to change."

The young mum also said she has no desire to go to Bangladesh - who don't want her anyway.

She said: "I don't have anything there, another language, I have never even seen the place, I don't know why people are offering that to me."

Earlier today it was claimed Begum could be handed a backdoor route to return to the UK as her baby is British.

I would like them to re-evaluate my case with a bit more mercy in their heart, you know

Shamima Begum

Immigration lawyers have said Begum could use her son's nationality to accompany him back to Britain.

However, it's also been reported Begum could be stuck in her squalid refugee camp for two years after Britain and Holland also battle to keep her away from their borders.

She fled her home in Bethnal Green, East London, in 2015 to join Islamic State but gave birth to a baby boy over the weekend.

Begum had been begging to come back to the UK to raise Jerah, but her hopes appeared to be dashed when the Home Office stripped her British citizenship.

However, he admitted returning jihadists can't always be prosecuted over what they've done in the Middle East as it's so hard to gather evidence.

He continued: "Then let's say they're in the UK and they radicalise others, they groom others, they carry out a terrorist attack themselves or incite others to do that.

"What about the danger and risk to the country of that?

"What about the impact on community cohesion if people come back to the country and use that to radicalise others? I have to weigh that up too.

"These are people who chose to leave the UK and join a terrorist organisation that hates the UK and everyone who lives in the UK."

 The 19-year-old say she is willing to change her ways
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The 19-year-old say she is willing to change her waysCredit: Anthony Loyd - The Times
 Begum claims her newborn baby was too sick to return to the UK without her
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Begum claims her newborn baby was too sick to return to the UK without her
 Shamima Begum is shown the Home Office letter revoking her British citizenship at a camp in Syria
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Shamima Begum is shown the Home Office letter revoking her British citizenship at a camp in SyriaCredit: ITV News
 A displaced Syrian woman walks through Begum's squalid Syrian refugee camp
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A displaced Syrian woman walks through Begum's squalid Syrian refugee campCredit: Getty - Contributor
ISIS bride Shamima Begum moans it’s ‘unjust’ after being stripped of British citizenship
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