Shamima Begum: how the case developed

Twenty-year-old has won right to return to UK from Syria to challenge citizenship decision

The case of Shamima Begum, the now 20-year-old woman who fled to Syria to join Islamic State as a child, has sparked fierce debate over how the UK should deal with foreign fighters".

Opponents of her return say she is a threat to the country's security and must live with the consequences of her actions, while critics of her exile say greater human rights principles are at play, and the UK must not shirk its responsibility to administer justice for any alleged crimes she may have committed.