BN 08/23 05:51 *NATURALISED BRITONS FIGHTING ABROAD MAY LOSE CITIZENSHIP: MAY
BN 08/23 05:50 *U.K. TO `TARGET EXTREMISTS WHO SEEK TO RADICALISE OTHERS': MAY
BN 08/23 05:49 *MAY SAYS U.K. TO HAVE `ALL THE LEGAL POWERS WE NEED TO PREVAIL'
BN 08/23 05:48 *MAY SAYS `LOOKING AGAIN AT THE CASE FOR NEW BANNING ORDERS'
BN 08/23 05:48 *BRITISH HOME SECRETARY THERESA MAY WRITES IN DAILY TELEGRAPH
BN 08/23 05:48 *U.K. PLANS NEW LAWS TO TACKLE EXTREMISTS GROUPS, MAY SAYS
BN 08/23 05:50 *U.K. TO `TARGET EXTREMISTS WHO SEEK TO RADICALISE OTHERS': MAY
BN 08/23 05:49 *MAY SAYS U.K. TO HAVE `ALL THE LEGAL POWERS WE NEED TO PREVAIL'
BN 08/23 05:48 *MAY SAYS `LOOKING AGAIN AT THE CASE FOR NEW BANNING ORDERS'
BN 08/23 05:48 *BRITISH HOME SECRETARY THERESA MAY WRITES IN DAILY TELEGRAPH
BN 08/23 05:48 *U.K. PLANS NEW LAWS TO TACKLE EXTREMISTS GROUPS, MAY SAYS
U.K. Planning New Laws to Tackle British Extremists, May Says
2014-08-23 06:02:20.956 GMT
By Mike Harrison
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. plans to introduce new laws
to tackle British extremists, Home Secretary Theresa May says.
* May said Britain must introduce all the legal powers
necessary to win the struggle against terror that could, she
says, last for “decades”
* Writing in the Daily Telegraph today, May said changes will
be made to the law that mean naturalized Britons who are
fighting overseas can be stripped of their citizenship and
excluded
* “We will be engaged in this struggle for many years,
probably decades,” May writes. “We must give ourselves all
the legal powers we need to prevail”
* “I am looking again at the case for new banning orders for
extremist groups that fall short of the legal threshold for
terrorist proscription, as well as for new civil powers to
target extremists who seek to radicalise others”: May
* “People who insist on travelling to fight in Syria and Iraq
will be investigated by the police and security services”
* “For those who have dual nationality, I have the power to
strip them of their citizenship and exclude them from the
country”
* “Following the recent Immigration Act, I can, in certain
circumstances, remove citizenship from naturalized Britons
who are fighting overseas and exclude them too”
* “While it is illegal for any country to make its citizens
stateless, any British national who returns from Syria and
Iraq faces prosecution here for participating in terrorist
activities abroad”
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2014-08-23 06:02:20.956 GMT
By Mike Harrison
Aug. 23 (Bloomberg) -- The U.K. plans to introduce new laws
to tackle British extremists, Home Secretary Theresa May says.
* May said Britain must introduce all the legal powers
necessary to win the struggle against terror that could, she
says, last for “decades”
* Writing in the Daily Telegraph today, May said changes will
be made to the law that mean naturalized Britons who are
fighting overseas can be stripped of their citizenship and
excluded
* “We will be engaged in this struggle for many years,
probably decades,” May writes. “We must give ourselves all
the legal powers we need to prevail”
* “I am looking again at the case for new banning orders for
extremist groups that fall short of the legal threshold for
terrorist proscription, as well as for new civil powers to
target extremists who seek to radicalise others”: May
* “People who insist on travelling to fight in Syria and Iraq
will be investigated by the police and security services”
* “For those who have dual nationality, I have the power to
strip them of their citizenship and exclude them from the
country”
* “Following the recent Immigration Act, I can, in certain
circumstances, remove citizenship from naturalized Britons
who are fighting overseas and exclude them too”
* “While it is illegal for any country to make its citizens
stateless, any British national who returns from Syria and
Iraq faces prosecution here for participating in terrorist
activities abroad”
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To contact the editor responsible for this story:
Mike Harrison at +44-20-7073-3564 or
mharrison5@bloomberg.net