How has the United Kingdom's acceptance of Statelessness Disregarded Human Dignity?

In this article, I argue that the United Kingdom has accepted statelessness, therefore disregarding the concept of human dignity. This essay will analyse firstly, what the value of citizenship is under Arendt’s theory of political community in order to understand how its revocation enforced by being stateless rips away a person’s inalienable, innate human dignity. Following this, the decline in protection against statelessness will be analysed, from the redefinition of citizenship that took place within the 1960’s to further decline of protection after the September 11th attacks, ending with a desperate, undignified and cruel last grasp attempt to protect the United Kingdom’s national security resulting in the Immigration Act 2014 which leaves us at present day. Upon understanding the current protections, or lack there off, regarding statelessness, a case study is conducted on the Begum line of cases. This consists of a convoluted back and forth in the legal system, disregarding precedent, to ultimately make Begum, stateless. Finally, the last chapter brings the conversation of human dignity and the right to have rights to issues uncovered throughout this article, notably with Begum, who’s once inalienable dignity and rights, no longer exist in a brutal, dystopian attempt to claw back national security that has damaged so many.