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<p>The British Nationality Act 1981 provides the Secretary of State with powers to
deprive a person of citizenship status. Section 40(2) allows the Secretary of State
to deprive any person of British citizenship, should they deem it conducive to the
public good to do so. Section 40(3) allows the Secretary of State to deprive a person
who has obtained citizenship by naturalisation or registration, where the Secretary
of State is satisfied that citizenship was obtained by means of fraud, false representation
or concealment of material fact.</p><p>Three reports have been published to date in
2015, 2017 and 2018, providing figures for section 40(2) deprivations since 2010,
this is the deprivation power most likely to be applied to those returning from Syria.
The links to these reports are below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/473603/51973_Cm_9151_Transparency_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593668/58597_Cm_9420_Transparency_report_web.pdf</a></p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disruptive-and-investigatory-powers-transparency-report-2018</a></p><p>For
reasons of national security, it would not be appropriate to provide a breakdown of
the citizenship of those who have returned from the conflict in Syria.</p><p>When
seeking to deprive on the basis that to do so is conducive to the public good, the
law requires that this action proceed only if the individual concerned would not be
left stateless.</p>
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