Law closes 'loophole' against stripping of UK citizenship

EXTREMISTS stripped of their British citizenship will no longer be able to regain their status after a successful first appeal as a new law comes into force.

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Until now, a person who the UK Government considers a threat to national security could be released from immigration detention or returned to the UK while further appeals to stop them are ongoing.

But a new law has closed a “legal loophole” so that citizenship cannot be regranted until all appeal proceedings have been completed.

Between 2018 and 2023, an average of 12 people a year were deprived of their citizenship on the grounds it was “conducive to the public good”.

This decision is made by the Home Secretary in serious cases where it is believed to be in the public interest, for reasons such as terrorism or serious organised crime.