Seanad debates
Thursday, 3 July 2003
Immigration Bill 2002 [Seanad Bill amended by the Dáil] : Report and Final Stages.
Another case involved a woman, a midwife, from Nigeria, an area where sharia law is enforced. She had spoken out against female genital mutilation. I got as far as the appeals commission with her and was told it was perfectly safe for her to return to Nigeria, yet we are encouraged to write to the Nigerian ambassador to protest at the stoning to death of a young woman who has had a child outside matrimony. I do not know how safe it will be for a woman who spoke against female genital mutilation to return to Nigeria. She fled despite having a good job there. She has not been able to work in this country even though we are desperate to recruit midwives. She was at sister tutor level and I have attended lectures she has given.
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