Jeremy Corbyn says Shamima Begum 'should be allowed back to Britain' for 'support she needs'

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eremy Corbyn has weighed in for the first time on Shamima Begum being stripped of her British citizenship by insisting she not only has a right to remain in Britain but that she deserves "support".

Home Secretary Sajid Javid revoked the jihadi bride's passport after the 19-year-old from London fled to Syria aged 15 and married an Islamic State terrorist. 

After four years in the Middle East, she said she wanted to return to the UK to raise her son, who was born in a refugee camp in northeastern Syria on Sunday. 

This was blocked by the Home Office this week, who stripped her of her British citizenship, a decision the Labour leader described as a "very extreme manoeuvre".

He told ITV News: "She was born in Britain, she has that right to remain in Britain and obviously a lot of questions she has to answer but also some support that she needs."

"She obviously has, in my view, a right to return to Britain. On that return she must face a lot of questions about everything she's done. And at that point any action may or may not be taken."
 Jeremy Corbyn tells @itvnews the Home Office decision to strip Shamima Begum of UK citizenship is a "very extreme manoeuvre".

He says the 19-year-old mother must face questions - and receive "some support" - on British soil
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He then tore into Mr Javid, saying: "The idea of stripping anyone of their citizenship when they're born in Britain is a very extreme manoeuvre.

"Indeed, I question the right of the Home Secretary to have these powers when the original law was brought in by Theresa May when she was Home Secretary."

International law forbids nations from making people stateless by revoking their only citizenship, but The Telegraph understands that the Home Office made the decision to revoke Begum's British citizenship based on Bangladeshi law. 

There, until the age of 21, it is understood the Isil bride automatically retains dual nationality due to the fact her parents are both from the country. 

At the age of 21, a child born to Bangladeshi parents has the right to waive their right to dual nationality, but not before.

The complication lies in how she would be able to get to Bangladesh - where it is understood her father is currently living - and how she proves that she is Shamima Begum. 

The teenager has never visited the country and does not have a Bangladeshi passport. Her old British passport is invalid due to her citizenship being revoked and she has previously said she used her sister's passport to travel to Syria back in 2015. 

One possible option for her would be to travel to Turkey via the notoriously penetrable border with Syria and present herself to the Bangladeshi embassy. 

But officials in Dhaka may well appeal the Home Office's decision to make Begum their responsibility, insisting that she has never even been to the country.