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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent

Roma children at centre of Leeds unrest returned to extended family

People stand at the end of a row of terraced houses as two police officers ride past on horses
People watch police patrol the Harehills neighbourhood the day after the unrest. Photograph: Christopher Furlong/Getty Images

Roma children who were taken into care, sparking unrest in Leeds last week, have been returned to their extended family.

Police and social services removed the four children from a house in Harehills on Thursday to prevent them being taken abroad in breach of a court order. The children, aged between eight and 14, had been living with family members since being removed from their parents in April, the family court in Leeds heard on Tuesday.

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