(BBC) There are fears that children in London could be taken to The Gambia to undergo female genital mutilation (FGM) if it becomes the first country in the world to overturn a ban on the practice.
A midwife specialising in FGM told the BBC that the Gambian diaspora in London could use school holidays to take their daughters home for the surgery.
More than three-quarters of Gambian females aged between 15 and 49 have undergone FGM, according to the UN.
A London-based survivor of FGM, from Nigeria, said she feared any overturning of the ban could spread to other countries in Africa.
