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Children are born innocent: Don't leave children of foreign fighters in legal limbo, urges UN

Shamima Begum 'a bit shocked' that UK has revoked citizenship

Children of foreign fighters must have the right to belong to a country, lawyers and the United Nations said on Wednesday, after Britain stripped the citizenship of a teenage mother who travelled to Syria at 15 to join Islamic State.

The fate of Shamima Begum, who was found in a refugee camp in Syria last week, has illustrated the ethical, legal and security conundrum that governments face when dealing with the families of militants who swore to destroy the West.

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