However unpleasant they may be. Britain has said it doesn’t want to take IS bride Shameema Begum back; so has the Netherlands and Bangladesh, her only other two options. So she languishes in a refugee camp in northern Syria, essentially a stateless person - a situation no human being should be faced with.
Ms Begum has done herself few favours. She comes over as emotionally flat, if not withdrawn, refuses to trash the death cult she bound herself to, and even approved of the Manchester bombing in 2017. But we must remember that 2 of her babies have died. I have lost one child, and know how devastating that is. Losing two must be even worse. Now she faces even more stress, the like of which few of us ever have to deal with. She has a new baby, who I would imagine is also in danger, considering the hideously unsanitary conditions that exist inside every refugee camp.
Don’t get me wrong: I don’t like Ms Begum. She holds views, whether as a result of “grooming”, brainwashing” or whatever, which I find utterly repellant. I have made my feelings on the muderous barbarians of IS plain in the past. But this woman is British, whether we like it or not, and she should be allowed to return to her home and bring her baby with her. If she has committed any crimes, she should be dealt with accordingly, but it is here she belongs - unfortunately. There are a lot of extremely unpleasant people in this country. But we can’t just wash our hands of them when they leave our shores.
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