The baby of the British teenager whose citizenship was stripped after she ran off to join ISIS in 2015 could still be allowed into the UK, despite his mother being barred, according to a report.

“Children should not suffer, so if a parent does lose their British citizenship, it does not affect the rights of their child,” Home Secretary Savid Javid told the House of Commons, according to Sky News.

He did not comment directly on 19-year-old Shamima Begum’s case, but hinted that her newborn’s right to be British would not be affected by his department’s actions against her.

“Deprivation is a powerful tool that can only be used to keep the most dangerous individuals out of this country and we do not lose it lightly,” Javid said Wednesday.

“But when someone turns their back on the fundamental values and supports terror, they don’t have an automatic right to return to the UK,” Javid added. “We must put the safety and the security of our country first and I will not hesitate to act to protect it.”

The British Home Office informed Begum’s family in a letter on Tuesday that her citizenship was being revoked.

“In light of the circumstances of your daughter, the notice of the Home Secretary’s decision has been served of file today (19th February), and the order removing her British citizenship has subsequently been made,” read the letter, which said Begum has the right to appeal the decision.

Javid added that the government had to make “tough decisions” to keep the country safe.

“There must be consequences for those that back terror,” he said.

About 40 percent of the 900 people who traveled from the UK to Syria and Iraq have since returned and all have been investigated for any possible security risks, he said.

A similar number, including Begum, remain in the region.

“Those who stayed include some of the most dangerous, including many who supported terrorism,” Javid said.

“Not least those who chose to fight or to raise families in the so-called caliphate,” he added. “They turned their back on this country to support a group that butchered and beheaded innocent civilians, including British citizens.”

Javid stressed that the removal of citizenship “is only used in extreme circumstances, where conducive to the public good.”

Under international law, it is illegal for a country to render someone stateless by removing their citizenship.

Begum is believed to be a dual British-Bangladeshi citizen, although her family’s attorney has said she has never held a Bangladeshi passport and is not a dual citizen.

Begum was 15 when she and two other students at the Bethnal Green Academy in East London traveled to Syria to join ISIS.

Last week, she declared that she wanted to return home for the sake of her child, who was born Sunday in a Syrian refugee camp.

“I’m not the same silly little 15-year-old schoolgirl who ran away from Bethnal Green four years ago. And I don’t regret coming here,” she told the UK Times last week.