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Strasbourg judges have demanded solutions on whether or not the UK broke human rights and anti-trafficking legal guidelines when then-home secretary Sajid Javid revoked her citizenship in 2019. But Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has vowed to battle European judges over Begum’s return bid, insisting the Government would proceed to defend its place.

Earlier this week, Ms Mahmood stated: “The case against Shamima Begum has been litigated by the previous Government all the way to the UK Supreme Court, who did not hear the last appeal on this because all legal questions have been now dealt with.” Responding, Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp informed the Daily Express: “Shamima Begum chose to go to Syria and support Daesh which is a murderous, violent terrorist regime who brutally murdered their opponents and raped thousands of women and girls.

He added: “People who assist that type of organisation will not be welcome within the UK. It’s deeply worrying the European Court of Human Rights is now taking a look at utilizing the ECHR to make the UK take her again. The authorities should battle to maintain her in another country. This case is an additional purpose why we have to go away the ECHR.”

Begum’s lawyers have branded the court’s formal communication an “unprecedented alternative” to overturn the citizenship choice. The transfer might result in a showdown between Strasbourg, who believes Begum’s human rights might have been breached, and the UK Government.

Begum grew up in Bethnal Green, east London, earlier than travelling to Syria on the age of 15 in 2015 to hitch the Islamic State. She married a Dutch Islamic convert and had three youngsters, all of whom died in infancy.

Mr Javid stripped her of British citizenship on the idea that she might additionally declare citizenship in Bangladesh so wouldn’t be stateless, a choice later upheld by the UK’s Supreme Court. Now 26, Begum remains to be dwelling within the al-Roj camp in Syria, which is dwelling to hundreds of former jihadis, after dropping all of her appeals in British courts.

The ECHR’s remaining rulings are technically binding, however there isn’t a enforcement mechanism – elevating the prospect of a constitutional showdown between the Labour Government and Strasbourg.