(Dutch News) A decision to revoke the Dutch citizenship of a woman who spent five years in an ISIS-controlled area of Syria has been overturned by the Council of State because it contravenes her right to family life.
Fatima H was stripped of her Dutch citizenship in 2019 by then-justice junior minister Ankie Broekers-Knol because, the minister said, she posed a danger to national security. The Council of State’s ruling did not dispute this but said Broekers-Knol had not sufficiently weighed the interests of H and her small children when she made the decision.
To continue to deprive her of her citizenship goes against her right to a family life as set out in the European Convention on Human Rights, the Council said.
