She is the first known ISIS member to have been brought back. There is also the case of a naturalised Irish citizen originally from Belarus who has been offered consular assistance but there is little talk about bringing him back.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/irish-isis-terrorist-captured-in-syria-was-on-garda-watchlist-1.3749392 …
The British government were far harsher to Shamina Begum thab they were to the many white ISIS recruits. Stripped her citizenship which they’ve not done to anyone else, saying she could get Pakistani citizenship which she’s not eligible for.
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Don’t think Ireland wouldn’t have used that power if they had it.
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Do they not have the power to strip citizenship? Again, I’m not celebrating it: anyone who follows me knows I hate Varadkar and Fine Gael. Just pointing out it’s possible, despite the British government’s claims.
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I think the British government stripped Jack Letts of his citizenship https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/aug/18/jack-letts-stripped-british-citizenship-isis-canada …
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Good for the Brits, then. Jack had no use for his British citizenship when he left the UK to join his ISIS buddies.
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