Travel ban on Hertfordshire child ‘at risk of FGM’ relaxed

(BBC) A travel ban preventing a two-year-old thought to be at risk of female genital mutilation (FGM) has been relaxed.

The High Court previously ruled the girl must stay in the UK until she turned 16.

After an appeal, the same court said the toddler’s mother, a British Muslim, could be allowed to take her to Egypt to see her father.

Mr Justice Cobb imposed strict limits on where she can go and how long she can stay.

The girl’s mother is married to an Egyptian man who is not allowed to travel to Britain.

In November 2017, Ms Justice Russell banned the woman from taking her daughter abroad after Hertfordshire County Council social services staff raised concerns about the risk of FGM.

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