A court has been told Shamima Begum’s school and the police both ‘missed opportunities’ before the then-schoolgirl travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State.
Her British citizenship was revoked on national security grounds shortly after she was found, nine months pregnant, in a Syrian refugee camp in February 2019.Ms Begum, now 23, is challenging the Home Office’s decision to remove her British citizenship, with her lawyers arguing that the department had a legal duty to investigate whether she was a victim of trafficking when the decision was made.
In written submissions, Ms Knights and Dan Squires KC said there ‘were a series of obvious questions of individual, local and national importance as to whether steps could and should have been taken’.They said the organisations included the Metropolitan Police, Ms Begum’s school, the Home Office and the security services ‘that might have prevented the girls’ travel or led to their interception before they arrived in Syria’.
He continued: ‘At 10 December 2014 both the police and Ms Begum’s school turned their minds to the question of her potentially travelling to Syria to align with ISIL. However, both considered the risk was low.’
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