Important:

This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament

Rejected petition Prevent Shamima Begum from returning to Britain.

Shamima Begum ran away to Syria 4 years ago to join The Islamic State. She left of her own free will and went on to marry. She has since had two children who have unfortunately died. Now heavily pregnant, Shamima Begum wants to return to The UK. She says she does not regret going to Syria.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

There’s already a petition about this issue. We cannot accept a new petition when we already have one about a very similar issue.

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https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/231521

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