(BBC) A failed asylum-seeker’s daughter is at “high risk” of female genital mutilation (FGM) if she and her mother are deported, a senior judge has ruled.
The High Court heard the woman, who has links to Bahrain and Sudan, has been refused asylum by the Home Office.
Mr Justice Newton made an FGM protection order after the High Court ruled in 2019 the home secretary could deport her despite the risk.
The case, brought by Suffolk County Council, is the first of its kind.
Barrister Charlotte Proudman, who represents the girl’s mother, called on Home Secretary Priti Patel “to show compassion … and make sure a child is kept safe.”
