(BBC) Shamima Begum joined the Islamic State group “with her eyes open,” government lawyers have told a tribunal.
Ms Begum’s British citizenship was removed after she travelled to IS-controlled Syria aged 15.
Challenging the decision, her legal team argue she was trafficked to Syria for sexual exploitation.
But at a hearing on Thursday, Home Office lawyers defending the decision said it didn’t matter Ms Begum was only 15 when she travelled there.
Sir James Eadie KC, on behalf of the Home Office, said: “You could well have been radicalised and manipulated at an age when you are vulnerable … but nevertheless however unfortunate it might be you are now a risk.“
