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The three-week-old son of Shamima Begum, the British girl who was stripped of her citizenship after she left the U.Okay. to affix ISIS, has died of pneumonia, stories stated Friday.
Begum, 19, gave start to her third little one Jarrah in mid-February, whereas dwelling at a camp run by the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), a U.S.-backed alliance of Kurds and different teams that's working to drive the Islamic State out of the final territory they maintain.
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Jarrah was reportedly born wholesome however began to develop respiratory difficulties and was taken to hospital on Thursday, a paramedic working with the Kurdish Purple Crescent advised BBC Information.
The child died later that day. He has been buried within the camp.
Begum's husband, ISIS fighter Yago Riedjik, has been detained at a jail close to the camp and he is aware of the infant has died.
Tasnime Akunjee, a lawyer representing Begum's household, confirmed the infant's dying on Twitter.
His dying has been confirmed .
— Mohammed T Akunjee (@MohammedAkunjee) March 8, 2019
Begum had hoped to deliver her child again to the U.Okay. along with her.
The U.Okay. stripped Begum of her citizenship underneath the British Nationality Act, however Dwelling Secretary Sajid Javid stated the choice wouldn't have utilized to Jarrah.
"Youngsters shouldn't endure, so if a mother or father does lose their British citizenship it doesn't have an effect on the rights of their little one," he stated, as quoted by BBC Information.
Nevertheless, Al-Jazeera reported Javid saying it will be "extremely tough" to deliver Jarrah from Syria to the U.Okay.
Begum's household is difficult the U.Okay.'s choice to revoke her citizenship.
Underneath U.Okay. regulation, citizenship might be revoked as long as there are "affordable grounds" to imagine that the particular person might turn out to be a nationwide of one other nation.
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Begum is British-Bangladeshi, in line with stories, however Bangladesh stated she's not a nationwide of that nation and received't settle for her there.
That places Begum susceptible to statelessness — a standing that U.Okay. regulation is about as much as keep away from.
Her household can problem the choice earlier than the Particular Immigration Appeals Fee — Begum's reported Bangladeshi standing is anticipated to be a primary focus as a part of that course of.
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