By Danyal Hussain For Mailonline
Published: 01:53 GMT, 17 February 2019 | Updated: 10:57 GMT, 17 February 2019
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The family of Jihadi bride Shamima Begum have asked the government to give them custody of her unborn child if she is allowed to return to the country and given a prison sentence.
The pregnant 19-year-old, from Bethnal Green, is afraid her child will be taken away from her if she does return to Britain.
Her family are now urging the government to let them have the baby to avoid putting the burden on the taxpayer.
Ms Begum, whose baby is due to be born any day now, has previously failed to show any remorse for fleeing Britain in 2015 and joining ISIS.
Shamima Begum, 19, is pleading with the Government to allow her back into the country, with her family saying that they would raise her child
While there, she married Dutch Muslim convert Yago Riedijk and bore him two children who both died as babies.
Now she wants to return so that her third baby can be raised in the UK.
Muhammad Rahman, 36, whose brother is married to Ms Begum's elder sister Renu, told The Sunday Telegraph: 'Her parents would want custody of the baby. They would want to look after their grandchild.
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