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The Security Minister has said the UK won't get rescue 'terrorist' ISIS schoolgirl Shamima Begum from Syria.

The east London schoolgirl left Britain at 15 to join ISIS and says she doesn't regret her decision.

Now 19 and heavily pregnant, Begum wants to come home so her baby can be 'looked after'.

Asked if he would “rush to bring home” people in Begum’s situation, Security minister Ben Wallace told BBC Radio 4’s Today programme: “I’m not putting at risk British people’s lives to go and look for terrorists or former terrorists in a failed state.

“There’s consular services elsewhere in the region and the strong message this government has given for many years is actions have consequences.”

Speaking on Good Morning Britain, Mr Wallace said he was unable to comment on this particular case due to legal reasons but said of those who’ve fled wanting to return: “Not all of them are victims, some of them are.

"That’s going to be a difficult balance for us to deal with. I can’t comment on this particular case, but it’s very clear, we as a government have been incredibly clear, as have the police, that if you go and fight or support these types of organisations, there are consequences for that.

"If you come back here, you should expect to be investigated and you should potentially expect to be charged with terrorist offences or other offences. We’ve made that clear from the start.”

He continued: “I can’t comment on this particular case, for potential legal reasons, overall I feel a lot of sympathy for the children born out there. They didn’t have a choice. They were taken out by people who thought it was some ‘living the dream’ moment. Those children, some of them will be incredibly disturbed.

“Some of them have been subjected to horrendous brainwashing and coercion by ISIS. We have put in special measures to deal with those very few challenging children if they would come back. If they are brought back to this country. The adults have to face some of their responsibilities as well.”

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He added: “We will look after the children as the UK government, if they come back, we will do what we can to support them and sort them out. If their parents have been complicit in terrorism we will prosecute the parents. That is the message we have sent right from the start.

“If she’s a British citizen, she has rights. That’s the reality of it. It’s not about me or anyone else saying you can’t come. You have rights. But you know, don’t be surprised by what reception you get when you come back when it comes to investigations and law enforcement.”

Mr Wallace also also warned she should "expect to be prosecuted" at the "very least".

He told Sky News: “Anyone who goes out to fight or support organisations such as ISIS, dreadful, horrendous terrorist organisations, should expect to be investigated, should expect to be interviewed and should at the very least expect potentially to be prosecuted.

“Let’s not underplay this.

“This is a terrorist group, one of the worst groups ever in the world, a terrorist group that butchers thousands of people and has been responsible for the deaths of dozens and dozens of people in the UK alone in the last few years.

“And that is the organisation some people decided they wanted to go out and support or be part of.”

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Asked if he had a “duty of care” towards the former schoolgirl, he said: “I’m not going to comment on her individual case.

“We have a duty towards children who are out there. We have a duty towards all UK citizens, that’s simply a fact.

“But we also have a duty to the UK citizens who are here, to make sure we take measures to keep them safe. That is the responsibility of government, the responsibility of police to balance that.

“Ultimately we will do what’s proportionate and necessary to keep citizens of the UK safe.

“Dealing with these type of people is definitely a challenge… but there are measures we can take, ranging from TPIMs ranging all the way through to deprivation of citizens, and we will not hesitate to use them.”

Mr Wallace's comments come after The Times tracked Begum down to a refugee camp in northern Syria where she is the bride of an Islamic State fighter.

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Her two infant children - a girl aged a year and nine months old and a three month old boy - have both died in the recent months.

Her son had an unknown illness worsened by malnutrition.

The 19-year-old, whose husband is now in captivity, told The Times' Anthony Lloyd: "I don't regret coming here.

"When I saw my first severed head in a bin it didn't faze me at all."

But, she added: "I'm not the same silly little 15-year-old schoolgirl who ran away from Bethnal Green four years ago."

She said she had a mostly normal life in Raqqa - despite all the "bombing and stuff", but admitted the "caliphate is over".

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Shamima was one of three schoolgirls - along with Kadiza Sultana and Amira Abase - from Bethnal Green Academy, in London, who left their homes and families in February 2015 to join a fourth Bethnal Green schoolgirl in Syria who had left London they year before.

They each married an ISIS foreign fighter.

Ms Sultana was reported to have been killed in an airstrike on Raqqa in May 2016, while Ms Begum has recently heard second-hand from other people that Miss Abase, and the other schoolgirl who left Britain in 2014, may still be alive.