Pupil ‘at risk of joining ISIL’ has passport seized

A high court official has seized the passport of a schoolgirl in Bethnal Green thought to be at risk of travelling to join ISIL.

The 16 year old girl’s identity has been ordered to remain a secret by High Court family division judge Mr Justice Hayden, but she is believed to be close friends with four other pupil’s from her school, the Bethnal Green Academy, who have already travelled to Syria.
   
The girl’s two sisters have also had their passports confiscated, and they must be held by an officer of the court and only returned for approved trips abroad.
   
In response to opposition that argued against the confiscation of the girl’s sisters passports, Judge Hayden said: “Where that is a measure taken to secure the safety of their sister, it seems to me to be one relatively minor consequence. We are seeking to protect from a risk of very great magnitude, for we know that those who travel to ISIS [ISIL] to participate in jihad risk their own lives.”

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