Trend: citizenship stripping has risen sharply

Conservative and Reform MPs are calling for the British-Egyptian activist Alaa Abd El-Fattah to be stripped of his citizenship. At the same time Shamima Begum, who joined Islamic State, is fighting to have hers reinstated. How and why does the government revoke citizenship? 

Writer: Casey Magloire

Producer: Casey Magloire

Host: Casey Magloire 

Reporters: John Simpson and Casey Magloire 

Episode photography: Joe Mee

Executive Producer: Jasper Corbett

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