We must do more to prevent the radicalisation of people like Shamima Begum

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Shamima Begum was 15 years old when she left the UK for Syria (PA Archive)

We carry enormous shame, ever greater, at the treatment of Shamima Begum after Friday’s judgment by the Court of Appeal.

We failed to support a community, failed to stop a minor travelling on a false passport to a war zone, and failed to warn her parents of a known risk.

We allowed, for political popularism under the guise of national security, to strip her citizenship and make her stateless – something we all should be concerned about. After the death of her three children, she has paid a terrible price for a mistake as a 15-year-old when targeted and trafficked to be a child bride.