IS teen Shamima will not be allowed here: Bangladesh

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Published : 23:36, Feb 20, 2019 | Updated : 00:57, Feb 21, 2019

Renu Begum, sister of teenage British girl Shamima Begum, holds a photo of her sister as she makes an appeal for her to return home at Scotland Yard, in London, Britain February 22, 2015. REUTERS/file photoA teenager who was stripped of her British citizenship after leaving London to join the Islamic State (IS) group is not a Bangladeshi citizen and there was "no question" of her being allowed to enter the country, the foreign ministry says.

It added it was "deeply concerned that she has been erroneously identified as a holder of dual citizenship shared with Bangladesh alongside her birthplace, the United Kingdom."
Shamima Begum, 19, left to join IS when she was 15 but now wants to return. Her British citizenship was revoked on security grounds.
"She is a British citizen by birth and has never applied for dual nationality with Bangladesh," the Bangledeshi foreign ministry said in a statement.
Bangladesh Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Bangldesh has nothing to do with it and the matter is for the British to resolve.
"This is a matter of the British government. Bangladesh has nothing to do with this," he said.

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