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Shauna Corr

Girl, 10, says 'it's not nice' to be called an 'other' in the Northern Ireland school system

A 10-year-old’s letter about being ‘othered’ by Northern Ireland’s school system has sparked a call for party leaders to “do better”.

The head of North West Migrant Forum, Lilian Seenoi Barr, got the handwritten note from Muslim child Yara who was applying to the integrated sector.

In it, the little girl described how she found it hard to sign up for schools because only two religious backgrounds are included in the criteria.

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