(BBC) A 10-year-old girl from Bristol was stopped from flying to Djibouti from London because of fears she was at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM).
The girl was detained by police at an airport on Thursday and is now the subject of an FGM protection order.
Her mother said the family was being “treated like criminals” and they had “done nothing wrong.”
Bristol City Council said: “Where there is concern for the welfare of children and families we will act.”
The girl’s mother, who did not want to be identified, spoke to BBC correspondent Fiona Lamdin.
