Life after ISIS: the problem of the Islamic State foreign fighters

After the collapse of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria many states faced theproblem of the foreign fighters wanting to return. Some governments refused toaccept their citizens arguing that they pose too much of a threat to the public.Are the governments across the world justified to revoke the citizenships of theformer members of the Caliphate? Do states have a responsibility for their owncitizens and are obligated to help them no matter the circumstances? These arethe questions that this article examines from the legal and political point ofview. The article examines a high profile case study of Shamima Begun –a former jihadi wife, who travelled to Syria as a teenager, caught in a battle forher British citizenship