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The National (Scotland)
The National (Scotland)
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Abbi Garton-Crosbie

Scottish and Welsh ministers in call to protect migrant women from violence

A young girl was one of the migrants who arrived in Dover, Kent, in April this year

SCOTTISH and Welsh ministers have made a joint call for the UK to extend safeguards against gender-based violence to migrant women.

The move came after the Home Office announced partial ratification of the Istanbul Convention, a landmark European treaty on protecting women from violence.

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