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ISIS bride Shamima Begum’s husband has been banned from Britain and is seen as a national security risk
THE husband of ISIS bride Shamima Begum has been banned from Britain.
Dutch jihadi Yago Riedijk is seen as a national security risk and has been added to an exclusion list.
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The ban was imposed by Home Secretary Sajid Javid, weeks after Begum, 19, was stripped of her British citizenship.
Bans can be imposed on those who might advance an ideological cause that may endanger another person’s life, guidelines show.
Last night Tory MP Philip Hollobone described it as “very welcome news”.
He added: “We need to see more of this. There is going to be the threat of thousands of these fighters returning to Europe over the next few months.
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“We have to make it clear they’re not welcome in this country.” Riedijk, 27, is currently being held in northern Syria.
Last July he was jailed for six years in his absence in the Netherlands for membership of a terrorist organisation.
He left Arnhem for Syria in October 2014. The following year he married Begum, then 15, days after she ran away from her family home in East London.
The couple had three children but all died. Riedijk is locked up in a cell with 20 other fighters, while his wife is living in a refugee camp.
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Teenager Begum demanded she be allowed to return to the UK for a “second chance” saying that she deserved “sympathy”.
In an interview with the Times yesterday, Riedijk called her a “perfect wife” who was devastated by the death of their children.
He added: “We loved them so much. It’s a nightmare. It’s the worst thing that could ever happen.”
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Shamima Begum’s baby died on Thursday after Brit ISIS bride’s son was taken to hospital with lung infection
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