US EditionBritish IS members must be allowed to return home, says Trump's terror chief
- Donald Trump's counterterrorism director, Sebastian Gorka, stated that the UK should repatriate Shamima Begum and other British Islamic State members from Syrian camps, emphasizing the importance of the UK as a serious ally to the US.
- Gorka warned that if the Roj camp closed, Begum could be in danger, as she has been held in Syria since leaving the UK in 2015.
- The UK previously stripped Begum of her citizenship, citing national security concerns, and she lost her final legal appeal against this decision in February 2024.
- A British government spokesperson reiterated that the UK's priority is to ensure safety and security, stating they will protect the UK from those who pose a threat.
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UK Should Take Back British ISIS Members in Syria, Says Gorka
President-Elect Donald Trump’s pick as director of counterterrorism, Sebastian Gorka, has said Britain should take back a number of UK nationals who were in ISIS and are now being held in Syrian prison camps. There are believed to be 30 or so British nationals still in Syrian camps, including Shamima Begum, who lost her final appeal against the Home Office’s decision to strip her of her UK citizenship on national security grounds. In an intervie…
Decision on whether Shamima Begum will be allowed back into UK announced
Shamima Begum will not be allowed back into the UK, Foreign Secretary David Lammy told Good Morning Britain, after Donald Trump aide Sebastian Gorka said she and other ISIS prisoners should return
'Show serious commitment!' Trump's terror chief demands Britain takes back Isis bride Shamima Begum
Donald Trump’s terror chief has demanded the UK takes back Shamima Begum and other members of the Islamic State held in Syrian prison camps.Sebastian Gorka said that any nation that wishes to be a “serious ally” to the US should honour its “commitment” to the international fight against Isis by taking back its citizens.He said this “doubly” applies to Britain, and by doing so, the UK would solidify the strong ties between the two countries under…
UK must take back ISIS Brits like Shamima Begum, top Trump aide says
DONALD Trump’s incoming director of counterterrorism has said the UK needs to welcome back British citizens who joined notorious terror cult ISIS. But sources told The Sun as many as 100 extremists could flood the UK if jihadist bride Shamima Begum is allowed to return home from Syria. FacebookDonald Trump pictured with Sebastian Gorka – one of his most trusted aides and incoming director of counter terror[/caption] AFPCamp Roj, where relatives …
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