Shamima Begum - latest: Why ruling IS bride cannot return to UK is 'surprising'
Shamima Begum has lost an appeal against the decision to remove her British citizenship. She travelled to Syria to join the Islamic State eight years ago at the age of 15 and remains there in a refugee camp.
'Legal fight nowhere near over' - Begum's lawyer
Shamima Begum's legal fight is "nowhere near over", one of her lawyers says.
Speaking after the Special Immigration Appeals Commission's ruling, Daniel Furner says the 23-year-old's legal team are going to challenge the decision.
"We're not going to go into details about exactly what that means at this stage," he adds.
His colleague, Gareth Pierce, adds that "there's no limit to the challenges" that can be undertaken.
Begum's team also calls on the home secretary to use "courage and some leadership" to look at the IS bride's case in "the light of the clear and compelling factual findings" made by the court.
Ms Pierce criticises today's decision has left "no protection for a British child trafficked out of the UK".
"Regrettably, this is a lost opportunity to put into reverse a profound mistake and a continuing injustice," she says.
"Ms Begum remains in unlawful, arbitrary and indefinite detention without trial in a Syrian camp. Every possible avenue to challenge this decision will be urgently pursued."
Why the decision is surprising...
Shamima Begum has lost her appeal to return to the UK.
She is living in a refugee camp in northern Syria, and the decision essentially leaves her stateless.
Sky News correspondent Alistair Bunkall says the ruling is quite surprising.
"The security that I spoke to ahead of the ruling did feel that probably she would have her British nationality restored because the feeling was that perhaps it was legally untenable to keep it revoked.
"So I think in that respect it is a surprise.
"When I interviewed her, I did ask her about this eventuality and what would happen if she didn't have her passport returned to her and her nationality given back, and she said there is no plan B.
"The British government argument would be that the plan for her is to pursue the route through Bangladesh.
"Her father has some Bangladesh heritage, and that is why the British government argued that they are in a position to revoke her British nationality.
"Shamima Begum's counterargument is that she's never been to Bangladesh all she has no links with Bangladesh and if she went back there then she could possibly face the death penalty."
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This is really pathetic stuff from the UK government & legal system.