Theresa May plans new powers to make British "terror suspects" stateless
Home secretary working on legislation allowing removal of UK passport from "suspects" even if they have no other citizenship. ● Theresa May plans to strip British "terror suspects" of their citizenship and take away their UK passports even if it leaves them stateless, Whitehall sources have confirmed. May wants to bring in legislation allowing the removal of a UK passport from any "terror suspect" whose conduct is "seriously prejudicial to the interests of the UK", in a move designed to make it harder for them to return to Britain if they travel abroad. The home secretary already has the power to take away British citizenship from those with dual nationality, and since taking office May has confiscated the UK passports of 16 individuals alleged to have links with terror groups. She has repeatedly said that a UK passport is a "privilege, not a right".