BRITISH officials are working on how to rescue children born to UK jihadi brides following the death of Shamima Begum’s baby son, Jeremy Hunt has revealed. Amid a growing backlash the Foreign Secre…
Children of jihadi brides could be brought back to Britain after death of Shamima Begum’s babyBy Matt Dathan, Senior Political CorrespondentBRITISH officials are working on how to rescue children born to UK jihadi brides following the death of Shamima Begum’s baby son, Jeremy Hunt has revealed.
Amid a growing backlash the Foreign Secretary defended the decision not to send British officials into a Syrian refugee camp to save Ms Begum’s three week-old baby, whose UK citizenship remained.The Foreign Secretary said the baby's death was an “incredibly distressing and sad situation” but said it was too dangerous to dispatch officials to the war zone.
He added that government officials were at a greater risk than the numerous journalists who have managed to enter the refugee camp to interview her.rescue other children of British runawaysHe told the Andrew Marr Show: "We have been looking at how we can get in touch with these children, how we can find a way to get them out. Sadly in this case, as we know, it wasn't possible.
A spokesman said: "Any decisions to deprive individuals of their citizenship are based on all available evidence and not taken lightly.”WAGE WARTwo Labour MPs could be fined £5k after smoke bombs were set off at demoTwo more Labour MPs could quit over anti-Semitism scandalMeanwhile the former head of public prosecutions Lord Macdonald accused Mr Javid of “moral cowardice of the worst sort” following the death of Ms Shegum’s son.
He attacked the Home Secretary for stripping her of British citizenship to further his own leadership ambitions.: “This was an abject decision by a home secretary apparently so intent on furthering his leadership ambitions that he has lost sight of sovereignty, treating the UK as a banana republic incapable of regulating its own citizens.
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