It shows her standing in front of women pressed against a mesh fence wearing burkas, their hands gripping the wire keeping them inside. But Instagram users criticised it as distasteful and voyeuristic, saying it showed her as a white westerner flaunting her status and security. Al-Hawl near the Iraq border houses 74,000 Syrian and Iraqi civilians, including former rebel fighters. Heavily pregnant Shamima Begum – who left her home in Bethnal Green, east London, in 2015 aged 15 – was discovered there earlier this year and pleaded to be allowed back into Britain. Her son Jarrah was born in February but died of pneumonia in March. Begum was stripped of her British citizenship and has not been allowed to return to the UK.

Earlier this year Dooley was accused of perpetuating “stereotypes” of Africa as a “white saviour” after posting a picture holding a black child.

Yesterday her latest image divided her social media followers.

Molly Dussart posted: “Who or what is the subject of this image – you? The women? Without context, this feels a bit exploitative.”

Another said: “The emotion and pain is one side of the fence…the other is a fame hungry individual…wake up!”

A third said: “I encourage you to visit @nowhitesaviors to see why this is a problem.”

Dooley, 32, also posted footage of women going about their daily tasks.

Alongside it, she wrote: “[Islamic State] were able to recruit thousands and thousands of foreign fighters, many from Europe. Some from Britain. Here are some of the jihadi brides, who left their homes to support IS.”

Some of the star’s 728,000 followers said she should not be sympathetic to the women’s plight.

One said: “They deserve all they get – let them rot out there,” while another commented: “Please don’t campaign to bring these monsters home.”

Dooley, crowned winner of BBC’s Strictly in December, was criticised in February over a picture of her holding a Ugandan child during a Comic Relief trip.

Labour MP David Lammy said she perpetuated “tired and unhelpful stereotypes” about Africa.

“The world does not need any more white saviours,” he said.

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