(Middle East Eye) Labour leader Keir Starmer on Thursday said he supported a court ruling dismissing an appeal by Shamima Begum challenging the UK government over the removal of her British citizenship.
The Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) on Wednesday rejected Begum’s appeal on all grounds but acknowledged there was “credible suspicion” she was trafficked to Syria for the purposes of sexual exploitation when she travelled to Islamic State-controlled territory aged 15 in 2015.
Speaking to the BBC, Starmer said he thought the judgment was “the right decision.”
“Obviously, the court has looked at all of the information, got all the evidence, not only that was available at the time, but all the evidence that’s available since then,” he said.
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