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Should the state be able to strip citizenship so easily?

In any meaningful sense, Shamima Begum is a British citizen, even if she despises what Britain stands for, says Claire Fox. ‘She was born, raised and radicalised here. We need to “own” that, no matter how unpalatable’, she adds.

I've been thinking a lot about what it means to be a to be a British citizen in light of the Shamima Begum case.

The Bethnal Green 19-year-old, who hit the headlines four years ago when she ran off to join IS with her friends, has been stripped of British citizenship.

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