Two British women held in “appalling” Syrian camp after UK Government refuses repatriation request over “national security” fears
Two British women are facing indefinite detention in "appalling" conditions at a Syrian camp.Two British women are facing indefinite detention in "appalling" conditions at a Syrian camp after the UK Government refused to request their release on “national security grounds”.
The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office , which is currently overseen by James Cleverly, has said it previously declined to help with the women’s repatriation "on national security grounds".Read more:However, the women’s legal teams refute these claims, asserting Kurdish authorities have told the UK Government that C3 is "not an extremist and does not agree with the ideology of the Islamic State" and that C4 was coerced into travelling to Syria.
Last year, the two women won an appeal at the UK's Special Immigration Appeals Commission over the Government's earlier decision to strip them of their British nationality over an alleged national security risk.SIAC concluded the women were not nationals of any other state apart from the UK, and removing their citizenship would render them "stateless", the court was told.
The two women are applying for "a writ for habeas corpus" - a Latin phrase meaning "you may have the body" - which requires a held person is brought before a court to examine the legality of their detention.
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