British law allows for the Home Secretary to revoke an individual’s citizenship if they are satisfied that such a move would be 'conducive to the public good'
British law allows for the Home Secretary to revoke an individual’s citizenship if they are satisfied that such a move would be 'conducive to the public good'
All members of the immediate Assad family have been granted asylum, according to Russian state media on Sunday. UK governments rarely take the decision to strip an individual of their citizenship. In 2019 the then Home Secretary Sajid Javid revoked the status of Shamima Begum, the British schoolgirl who went to Syria to join Islamic State.
“At the moment we are hours, days into a fast-moving situation and that’s why it’s very important for us to continue to talk to our allies, including here in discussions I’ve been having today, to make sure that what happens next is peaceful. She told MPs: “The Conservative government called for President Assad to go over a decade ago, and few will shed any tears at this vile tyrants removal from office.”
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