Exiled man returns to UK after legal fight over alleged terror links

Exiled man returns to UK after legal fight over alleged terror links

LONDON: A UK man exiled abroad for more than three years after having his citizenship revoked over alleged terror links has returned to Britain after the Home Office conceded that it had acted unlawfully. The 37-year-old Londoner, known as N3 in legal documents, had fought a three-year legal battle with the Home Office over his citizenship status, but won his case last month. His mother told Sky News: "It has now been three years since I last saw him. I am an elderly lady living on my own and I am in poor health. I have missed his love, warmth and companionship." In 2017, the Home Office sent a letter to N3 telling him of the decision to strip his citizenship. He said he was in Turkey at the time doing relief work related to the Syrian conflict. His legal team subsequently argued that the UK had rendered him stateless. A year later, in 2018, N3 — who is of Bangladeshi origin — won an appeal to have his British citizenship reinstated. Bangladeshi laws mean that he was ineligible for citizenship there because he did not attempt to apply before turning 21. N3 traveled to France on his way back