The Government is "considering" allowing the return of a paralysed Isis bride, after judges ordered the Home Office to review their decision.
Shabana Mahmood had initially blocked the severely disabled mother, who is currently detained in a Syrian camp with her young son, from returning to the UK.
However, the Government has now been found to have acted unlawfully for a second time in the case by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC).
The unidentified woman, known as "Layla," has remained stranded in Syria since the end of the Islamic State's caliphate.
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The woman, in her 40s, travelled to Syria in 2014 with her husband, who is now presumed dead.
Layla is with her British son, aged around 10, who has been her sole carer from a young age after she was injured by an airstrike in 2019.
They are currently being held in the al-Roj camp in northeast Syria, which has been home to over 2,500 people.
The camp is run by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces, and holds families of suspected Isis fighters.
The Government is 'considering' allowing the return of a paralysed Isis bride, after judges ordered the Home Office to review their decision.
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Shamima Begum, who left London to travel to Islamic State territory at the age of 15, is also being held at the camp.
A Home Office spokesman said: "We note the court’s decision on this case and are considering the judgment.
"The government will always take the strongest possible action to protect our national security and our priority remains maintaining the safety and security of our citizens."
The court first ordered the Government to reconsider the decision in November 2024.
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'Layla' is currently being held at al-Roj camp in northeast Syria, home to around 2,500 people who are alleged to be families of Isis members
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Security Minister Dan Jarvis had advised in July last year to repatriate the child, but remained undecided on taking the risk of allowing Layla back into the UK.
Yvette Cooper, Home Secretary at the time, said she would be "precautionary" over the case due to "national security risks".
Additionally, MI5 assessed that Layla was aligned with Isis and was a willing participant in the initial decision to travel to Syria.
Despite this, the Home Office’s Special Cases Unit has now advised there are "sufficient compassionate and compelling circumstances" to allow Layla back into the UK.
The final decision on the woman's future remains in the hands of Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood
| GETTYAs part of Layla's case, former MI6 counter-terrorism director Richard Barrett told the court that she would unlikely "present an unmanageable threat to national security".
The SIAC panel ruled the Government's decision was "inadequately reasoned," and a "more rigorous examination" would be required due to the "gravity of the consequences."
"A fresh decision will need to be made," Justice Karen Steyn wrote in the conclusion, made last week.
The UK has often resisted taking women and children back from northeast Syrian camps who fled to live under Isis.
This is a different approach from the likes of France, which has accepted an estimated 600 women and children from camps since 2019, and Germany.
There are an estimated 15 British-born women and 30 children remaining in Syrian camps.
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