The 19-year-old’s father Ahmed Ali said that while his daughter had made mistakes, Britain was duty-bound to let her return. “I don’t think that (to revoke Begum’s citizenship) was a right thing to do,” he said. Ahmed last saw his daughter in Britain just two months before she fled to Syria with Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase in March 2015. The British government reportedly believes that Begum was entitled to claim Bangladesh citizenship, though this is disputed by the South Asian country. Tasnime Akunjee, a lawyer for Begum’s family, earlier said the teenager was born in Britain and had never had a Bangladeshi passport.

Source: The Express Tribune February 25, 2019 12:30 UTC