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Today Labour MPs will claim Parliament was misled over the decision to send Elsheikh and Kotey to the U.S., after Sajid Javid, the Home Secretary, withdrew U.K. opposition to the death penalty. Javid changed the policy after being told that Donald Trump would otherwise “hold a grudge.”

Britain’s refusal to repatriate foreign fighters shows the growing concern following the defeat of ISIL in large areas the terrorist group once held.

Abdulkarim Omar, head of foreign affairs for the semi-autonomous Kurdish enclave in Syria where many of the jihadists are held, said: “We express our willingness to hand over all the British citizens we have in our custody. However, up until now, the British Government has not contacted us to solve this issue. We hope that [it] takes on its moral and humanistic duty towards its citizens.”

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Five suspects, including the “Beatles,” have been named, but the identities of two others, as well as two women and their children, are being protected.

One is held by a Free Syrian Army group on Syria’s Turkish border, while the rest were picked up by the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

One of the unidentified men is understood to have told the SDF he was a doctor working in ISIL territory, while the other is a Londoner who dropped out of university to join the jihadists.

All have British citizenship except Elsheikh and Kotey, who had theirs revoked. However, it is thought some of the younger children were born in the so-called caliphate and would therefore be considered stateless.

The Government has acknowledged that there are problems bringing foreign fighters to justice, but has denied blocking their return where possible. Ben Wallace, the security minister, said: “We recognize there is a problem with prosecutions and we are dealing with it. That’s why we have added extra powers including on designated area offences into the Counter Terror Bill.”