Mum and two daughters face deportation Pamela Izevbekhai (right), who faces deportation, leaving the High Court with her two children Naomi (7) and Jemima (5).

From: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland) | Date: March 14, 2008 | Copyright information

Mum and two daughters face deportation Pamela Izevbekhai (right), who faces deportation, leaving the High Court with her two children Naomi (7) and Jemima (5).

A lengthy legal battle by a woman to prevent the deportation of herself and two daughters, for fear of female genital mutilation in Nigeria, ended in failure at the High Court yesterday.

The court's decision to uphold deportation orders means Pamela Izevbekhai, who was arrested for deportation in Sligo ...

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