Overview

• Sky News reports the government will reject any transfer attempt, with The Times also indicating officials expect to turn it down once a formal request arrives.
• The Ministry of Justice says no application has been received from the US, it has the right to refuse, and any inmate transferred would serve the remainder of their sentence in Britain.
• Victims’ families were notified by the US that El Shafee Elsheikh has applied under the International Prisoner Transfer Program, opening a 30‑day window for submissions.
• Elsheikh is serving eight life sentences without parole after a 2022 US conviction and was stripped of British citizenship in 2018, with MoJ guidance noting non‑British nationals must have valid leave to enter and remain to be considered for transfer.
• Relatives, including Bethany Haines, urge the UK to block any return, warning about security risks in British prisons and raising fears that fellow ‘Beatle’ Alexanda Kotey could seek a similar move.