Not A Dry Eye In The House.....

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-47420105
So it's unfair to remove citizenship for going abroad to fight with a terrorist organisation is it? Right oh!

[Ellipsis]

He claims that's not what he did. Unfortunately for him, British intelligence says otherwise. Also, on the weight of evidence, it's one thing to claim you were there to offer humanitarian aid; it's another thing to say it was through your own charity, and to have your wife and five kids with you in the war zone. It tends to suggest other allegiances.

[Peter Pedant]

he said - she said

He is appealing thro SIAC - thestandard appeal channel for these things

[Gromit]

The UK Government has sent £150 millions every year to the Syrian rebels for the last 6 years.
So to then remove this man’s citizenship for fighting against Assad’s regime is daft.

[TonyV]

Gromit you have source for the 150 million pounds the UK have supplied each year?

[jno]

TonyV

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/20/britain-to-stop-funding-free-syria-opposition-as-assad-closes-in

"The UK’s aid spend in 2017-18 was £152m, of which more than a third was delivered to Idlib, one of the last rebel-held areas on the Turkish border, reaching around 600,000 people."

[TonyV]

jno thanks for link

[Gromit]

Not just aid to SyriaRebel groups (including ISIS) but considerable amounts of tax payer money has been diverted to Syria...

// As the brutal conflict continues in Syria, millions of people continue to be in need. Hundreds of thousands have been killed in the conflict between the Assad regime, extremist groups and moderate opposition groups. In response to the crisis, the UK has committed £2.71 billion since 2012. //

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781276/UK_Syria_Crisis_Response_Summary__2019.02.22_.pdf

[youngmafbog]

"So to then remove this man’s citizenship for fighting against Assad’s regime is daft"

Going to put him up at your house then Gromit?

[ichkeria]

His citizenship is being removed because of suspected links to al-Qaeda, and presumably because he’s lived in Syria for years.
The millions spent by the UK government were spent in the attempt, admittedly hopelessly unsuccessful, to battle a regime whose excesses were effectively aiding extremism. So I don’t see that it’s daft.

[TonyV]

most of money never got to correct destination IMO but syphoned of by corrupt officials

[Cloverjo]

It’s illegal, not just unfair, to leave someone stateless.

[ichkeria]

It is indeed: however I don’t think that would be the case with this person. I’m indifferent as to whether he has his citizenship withdrawn or not. I trust people with better knowledge than I have to do the right thing. Just as long as it’s not Chris “I believe in ferries” Grayling who has anything to do with it ;-)

[youngmafbog]

"It’s illegal, not just unfair,"

TROB Rollocks.

Going to put them up in your house then Clover?

[Cloverjo]

No, ymb. I’m just saying it is illegal to leave someone stateless.

[agchristie]

> It is indeed: however I don’t think that would be the case with this person...

It shouldn't be as he supposedly has dual nationality. (Pakistan)

[Cloverjo]

Oops sorry. I didn’t read the link. I assumed the OP was about Shamima Begum.

[ToraToraTora]

he wont be left stateless, he has a right to live in Pakistan.

[Gladeian]

There should be no right of appeal either. The Secretary of State is there to make these decisions in the nations interest and that decision should not be second-guessed by a group on the SIAC.