{"id":7193,"date":"2022-09-12T23:42:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-12T17:42:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/?p=7193"},"modified":"2022-09-12T23:42:07","modified_gmt":"2022-09-12T17:42:07","slug":"british-muslims-made-second-class-citizens-after-govt-citizenship-powers-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/world\/2022\/09\/12\/news\/7193\/","title":{"rendered":"British Muslims made \u2018second-class citizens\u2019 after govt citizenship powers: Report"},"content":{"rendered":"
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At least 217 citizens were deprived of citizenship since 2003, with numbers ramping up significantly following the collapse of Daesh. (FILE\/AFP)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

LONDON, Broadcasting News Corporation : Muslims in the UK are being made \u201csecond-class citizens\u201d in the wake of government powers to strip citizenship with no notice, a new report has warned. Published by the Institute of Race Relations on Sunday, the report warns that the Nationality and Borders Act has been used to target British Muslims. \u201cThe message sent by the legislation on deprivation of citizenship since 2002 and its implementation largely against British Muslims of south Asian heritage is that, despite their passports, these people are not and can never be \u2018true\u2019 citizens, in the same way that \u2018natives\u2019 are,\u201d said Frances Webber, vice chair and author of the report. \u201cWhile a \u2018native\u2019 British citizen, who has access to no other citizenship, can commit the most heinous crimes without jeopardizing his right to remain British, none of the estimated 6 million British citizens with access to another citizenship can feel confident in the perpetual nature of their citizenship.\u201d Before 2003, when deprivation of citizenship was used against preacher Abu Hamza, the strategy had not been used for 30 years, Webber added. But since the Hamza case, there have been at least 217 instances of deprivation of citizenship, with numbers ramping up significantly following the collapse of Daesh. \u201cThese classes of citizenship were brought in to target British Muslims of south Asian and Middle Eastern heritage,\u201d said Webber. \u201cSuch divisions act as a constant reminder to minority ethnic citizens that they must watch their step, and reinforce racist messages about \u2018undeserving\u2019 racialized groups unworthy of being British.\u201d The report author raised the case of Shamima Begum to criticize the \u201cnebulous and undefined\u201d nature of the government powers.
\nThe UK government recently faced scrutiny after it was alleged that a Canadian spy had trafficked Begum into Syria. Webber said: \u201cIt raises the question: Was Begum\u2019s citizenship removed to divert attention from western agencies\u2019 prioritization of intelligence gathering over safeguarding vulnerable trafficked girls?\u201d Citizenship-stripping is \u201cjust one aspect of measures targeting Muslim communities, in Britain and abroad, in the past two decades, which have helped to turn British Muslims in the UK into a \u2018suspect community\u2019.\u201d A Home Office spokesperson said: \u201cOur priority is to ensure the safety and security of the UK. Deprivation of citizenship only happens after careful consideration of the facts and in accordance with international law. \u201cIt is used against those who have acquired citizenship by fraud and against the most dangerous people, such as terrorists, extremists and serious organized criminals. \u201cWe make no apology for doing whatever is necessary to protect the UK from those who pose a threat to our security.\u201d NEWS COLLECTED FROM ARAB NEWS.<\/p>\n

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LONDON, Broadcasting News Corporation : Muslims in the UK are being made \u201csecond-class citizens\u201d in the wake of government powers to strip citizenship with no notice, a new report has warned. Published by the Institute of Race Relations on Sunday, the report warns that the Nationality and Borders Act has been used to target British …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":7194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7193"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7195,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7193\/revisions\/7195"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7194"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7193"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7193"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnc24.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7193"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}