Shamima Begum will find out if she can potentially return to the UK to pursue an appeal against the removal of her British citizenship when the Supreme Court rules on her case. Begum was 15 when she and two other east London schoolgirls travelled to Syria to join the so-called Islamic State group (IS) in … Read more
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has accused Australia of shirking its responsibilities after cancelling the citizenship of a dual-national ISIS bride caught fleeing Syria this week. Ms Ardern fumed that Australian counterpart Scott Morrison had left her to ‘shoulder the responsibility’ of dealing with 26-year-old Suhayra Aden and her two children, despite the fact … Read more
President-elect Joe Biden plans to unveil a sweeping immigration bill on Day One of his administration, seeking to provide an eight-year path to citizenship for 11 million people currently living in the U.S. without legal status. The legislative proposal, which is scheduled to be sent to Congress on Wednesday, also includes a key focus on … Read more
Despite the Capitol being on lockdown for his inauguration and an early push on the pandemic, President-elect Joe Biden plans to put forward a sweeping immigration proposal on his first day in office. His plan would provide a path to citizenship for 11 million people estimated to be living in the country illegally – a … Read more
‘I will always be a European’: Boris Johnson’s father Stanley is applying for FRENCH citizenship after Brexit Stanley Johnson confirmed he he was in the process of applying for a passport He is a former member of the European Parliament who voted Remain in 2016 He told France’s RTL radio today: ‘I will always be … Read more
France will reward hundreds of migrant frontline workers in the fight against Covid-19 by granting them citizenship. The interior ministry invited people who ‘actively contributed’ to the fight against coronavirus to apply for fast-track naturalisation in September. Of the nearly 3,000 people who responded, 74 had already obtained citizenship and 693 more were in the … Read more
At least four ISIS jihadi brides are queuing up behind Shamima Begum to return to UK by launching legal action challenging government decision to strip them of British citizenship Shamima Begum’s future to be determined by Supreme Court Judges tomorrow They will decide whether the 21-year-old ISIS bride can return to UK to appeal Begum, who … Read more
Trump ‘wants to END birthright citizenship before he leaves office’: President could strip immigration rights from US-born babies as administration pushes bold policies in his final weeks President Trump has been vowing to sign an executive order ending birthright citizenship for years Some constitutional scholars argue that birthright citizenship is protected under the 14th Amendment, … Read more
Prince Harry last night left the door open to taking up US citizenship by saying he would not be eligible to vote in ‘this’ presidential election. ‘This election, I’m not going to be able to vote here in the US,’ the Duke of Sussex said, adding that he had never voted in Britain either because … Read more
200,000 Hong Kongers are set to come to Britain to live after UK offered them a route to citizenship Boris Johnson has unveiled plans to welcome three million Hong Kong residents The Foreign Office is working on estimates that 200,000 will take the offer Alan Mak, a Conservative of Chinese descent, said he doesn’t think … Read more