Shamima Begum, who left London when she was 15 to travel to Syria and join Islamic State, has lost a legal case over her British citizenship, meaning she will not be able to return to the UK.
Begum had her British citizenship stripped from her in 2019, on national security grounds by then-home secretary Sajid Javid.
She was found at a displacement camp in Syria and told the media she wished to return to Britain, the country where she was born.
In 2019, she showed no remorse for her role in Islamic State.
The Home Office has repeatedly asserted she would be a threat to public safety if she is allowed to return to the UK.
Lawyers for Begum have argued the government’s repeated refusal to allow her back contravenes her family’s rights, with her parents saying they continue to miss their daughter.
When Sky News last spoke to Begum in 2021 in Syria, she said she didn’t hate the UK, just her life at the time she left to join IS, and described living under the caliphate as “hell, hell on earth”.
Begum rejected accusations she carried out atrocities as part of IS as “all completely false”.
She also added she expects to go to prison if she was allowed back into the UK.
