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Shamima Begum wants to be

'as British as possible' in new

plea to return to UK

SHAMIMA Begum has claimed
she wants to be "as British as
possible" and be a "voice against
radicalisation" as she made a
fresh plea to return to the UK.
The former London schoolgirl
– who travelled to Syria aged 15
Truss and Sunak promise alongside friends Amira Abase
and Kadiza Sultana in 2015 – said
crackdown on migration she now wants to “be used as an
example” to stop other Britons
turning to extremism.
LIZ Truss and Rishi Sunak have da if the plan is ruled unlawful by Speaking from the Al-Roj pris- pleas. with i by filmmakers Andrew
vowed to toughen controls on mi- the courts at an upcoming hearing. on camp in north-east Syria, the The timing of the latest com- Drury and Richard Ashmore, Ms
gration into the UK as part of their Both leadership hopefuls said 22-year-old insisted: “I want to be ments raises questions about her Begum said she now wants to “be
bids to become next Tory leader they would explore similar deals as British as possible.” motivation as she faces a trial by used as an example” to stop oth-
and prime minister. Sunak said he with other countries. However, she expects to spend the mainly Kurdish Syrian Dem- er Brits turning to extremism. "I
would tighten the definition of who Foreign Secretary Liz Truss told the rest of her life in the country ocratic Forces, which is build- want to be as British as possible,"
qualifies for asylum and introduce a the Mail on Sunday the Rwanda in which she was captured. ing a court inside the camp. She the 22-year-old insisted.
cap on refugee numbers. Truss said policy was the right approach and Begum is said to have been an has been imprisoned there since The problem is at the age of
she would extend the UK's Rwanda that she was determined to "see it active participant in the barba- 2019 when coalition forces de- being a teenager you’re very arro-
asylum plan and increase the num- through to full implementation". rous Islamic State, and is accused feated Isis in Baghuz and her UK gant and you don’t listen to peo-
ber of Border Force staff. Ms Truss also said that if she be- of trying to manipulate the press citizenship was revoked. ple so sometimes you really do
More than 14,000 migrants have came Tory Party leader and prime and UK Government with her In the new interview, shared have to learn the hard way.
crossed the Channel to the UK on minister, she would increase Bor-
small boats so far this year. In an der Force staffing from 9,000 to
attempt to deter the crossings, in 10,800. She has also promised a IMF: UK set for slowest growth of G7 countries in 2023
April the government announced strengthened UK bill of rights,
it would send some asylum seek- adding: "I'm determined to end the THE UK is set for the slowest US, China and Europe, the world The IMF has cut its 2022 global
ers deemed to have entered the UK appalling people trafficking we're growth of the G7 richest economies "may soon be teetering on the edge growth forecast to just 3.2% and
illegally to Rwanda to claim refuge seeing." Former chancellor Mr Su- next year, the International Mone- of a global recession", it said. warned the slowdown risks being
there. However, no asylum seekers nak has also pledged to do "what- tary Fund has warned. "We know that people are feeling even more severe. "The outlook has
have been sent to the east-African ever it takes" to make the Rwanda It is predicting UK growth will fall the impact of rising prices, caused darkened significantly" since April,
country yet following a series of scheme work and described the to just 0.5% in 2023, much lower by global economic factors, triggered the last time the IMF issued fore-
legal challenges. The UK stands to UK's migration policy as "broken" than its forecast in April of 1.2%. by the illegal Russian invasion of casts. da, particularly for vulnerable
lose the £120m it has paid to Rwan- and "chaotic". The global economy has shrunk for Ukraine," a HM Treasury spokesper- groups, and the adequacy of its asy-
the first time since 2020, the IMF son said in a statement, adding that lum system, we are not satisfied that
Tory rivals clash over tax said, hit by the Ukraine war and Cov- help for households included £400 it is a sufficiently safe destination to
off energy bills plus personal tax cuts be a partner in this kind of asylum
id-19.
With growth stalling in the UK, worth up to £330 a year. agreement.”
RISHI Sunak and Liz Truss tore each other at times and shot angry
into each other over their rival vi- glances across the stage at Stoke-on-
sions for the future of the UK econ- Trent's Victoria Hall. It led to com- Rethink Rwanda asylum plan,
omy, in their first head-to-head TV plaints afterwards by Ms Truss's sup-
debate. The two contenders to be porters that the ex-chancellor was
the next PM did not hold back from being too aggressive and was "mans- MPs tell Priti Patel
"blue-on-blue" attacks in the hour- plaining" - something fiercely denied
long BBC special. Sunak told Truss by the Sunak camp. The pair were
her tax cut plan would "tip millions on better terms by the end of the sider the UK-Rwanda Migration
of people into misery" and cost the debate, with Truss saying she would and Economic Development Part-
Conservatives the next election. "love" to have Sunak on her team if nership (MEDP).”
Truss said tax rises brought in by she becomes PM. The ex-chancellor The letter said: “Removing asy-
him would lead to a recession. praised her stance on Russia. How- lum seekers to a state where they
The foreign secretary and former ever, the row over tax dominated face a real risk of serious human
chancellor, who until three weeks ago the early exchanges. Truss wants to rights abuses, or of being sent on
were in the same cabinet, talked over scrap the rise to National Insurance, to a dangerous third country as
a planned rise in corporation tax and a result of an inadequate asylum
would temporarily scrap green levies system, is inconsistent with the
on energy bills to be paid for through UK’s human rights obligations.
borrowing. Sunak says he would not A group of MPs and peers has In the letter, dated July 21 and While we have received mixed
cut taxes until inflation was under called on Priti Patel to “reconsid- published on Monday, committee reports on the safety of Rwan-
control. Sunak - who quit as chancel- er” the plan to send migrants to chairman Joanna Cherry said: da, particularly for vulnerable
lor earlier this month - said the coro- Rwanda. The Joint Committee on “The Joint Committee on Human groups, and the adequacy of its
navirus pandemic had created a large Human Rights (JCHR) wrote to Rights hopes that the Govern- asylum system, we are not satis-
bill and that putting it on the "coun- the Home Secretary warning of ment will demonstrate commit- fied that it is a sufficiently safe
try's credit card" would "pass the tab safety concerns and questioning ment to human rights and the destination to be a partner in this
to our children and grandchildren". the legality of the deal. protection of refugees and recon- kind of asylum agreement.”