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

Home Office ‘red flag’ error leaves German mother separated from toddler in UK

Liza Tobay hugging her son on a pier by a lake
Liza Tobay and her son were refused permission to board their connecting flight to the UK after a trip to Dusseldorf. Photograph: Copyright: Liza Tobay family

A German woman has been separated from her two-year-old daughter in Edinburgh after a Home Office mistake left her stranded in Dusseldorf earlier this week.

Liza Tobay, who has lived in the UK for 15 years, had taken her oldest child, a six-year-old boy, to visit his grandfather and some other relatives over Easter when confronted with what she said appeared to be “a serious administrative error”.

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