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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Lisa O’Carroll

British girl, 15, stranded in Rome for six weeks due to new passport rules

Four blue British passports with gold text and royal crests fanned out against a light background
Under new government rules, dual nationals risk being denied boarding if they do not present a British passport. Photograph: Matt Cardy/Getty Images

A British girl was prevented from returning to her school in the UK for six weeks after a trip to see her grandmother in Italy because of the Home Office’s new rule requiring dual British nationals to have a British passport to get back into the country.

The 15-year-old, who was stranded in Rome in April, is just the latest of a number of children and young adults hit by a new Labour government rule that came into force in February.

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