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Shamima Begum: 'Overwhelming evidence' IS bride was trafficking victim, court hears

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Shamima Begum was 15 when she travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State group. Her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019. Ms Begum, now 21, is challenging the Home Office’s decision to remove her British citizenship and has asked a specialist tribunal to consider whether she was a victim of trafficking.

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Yahoo News

‘Overwhelming evidence’ Shamima Begum was victim of trafficking, court hears

Ms Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group in February 2015.

3 years ago·Los Angeles, United States

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The Independent

Shamima Begum may have been ‘trafficked to Syria as a child for sexual exploitation’, court hears

Lawyers argue government should have considered potential trafficking before removing British citizenship

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Metro News

Evidence shows Shamima Begum was 'victim of trafficking', lawyers claim

Shamima Begum has had her British citizenship removed after she joined ISIS as a teenager (Picture: PA/Metfilm)Shamima Begum was highly likely to have been a ‘victim of trafficking’ when she left the UK to join ISIS in Syria, her lawyers have claimed in court.Those representing the former east London schoolgirl say there is ‘overwhelming evidence’ and the Home Office should have investigated whether she was trafficked for the ‘purposes of sexual…

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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The Telegraph

Shamima Begum was a victim of child trafficking, her lawyers claim

Ms Begum is locked in a legal battle to be allowed to return to the UK after the Home Office revoked her British citizenship

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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Evening Standard

Shamima Begum’s lawyers claim she is a victim of trafficking

There is “overwhelming evidence” that Shamima Begum was a victim of trafficking when she left the UK, her legal team has argued.

3 years ago·London, United Kingdom

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WION

British 'IS bride' Shamima was 'child trafficking victim', lawyer tells court

Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who had left London to allegedly join the Islamic State group, was a victim of "child trafficking", her lawyer told a UK court. Shamima Begum was 15 when she left for Syria, now 21, she is fighting a court battle after Britain's interior ministry had revoked her citizenship on national security grounds. Watch:

3 years ago·Noida, India

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