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parents are said to be arrested unfairly, and That The Children placed in care due to the stigma surrounding female genital mutilation (FGM), members of the British Somali community, the Victoria Derbyshire programme. You say, the numbers suggesting tens of thousands of girls are At Risk in the UK is inaccurate.

"Social services, The Police came to The House , removed Our Children and arrested my wife. We don't know what the allegations are - no one said anything, no one asked us anything, it was really just a shock," said Yusef - his real name.

The father of five said he and his wife had a "good" meeting with their children in The School , they say The Family was moving to Somaliland for a while.

But four days later, the couple was arrested and their children separated in the foster families, after a backup of the reference from The School .

they say they were wrongly accused, to take the planning of their children abroad for FGM.

"children must be protected - But if the risk is simply assumed," says Yusef . "You should check or investigate it properly, not just suspect something is about to happen, based on a background or ethnic affiliation. "

But The Police , and the health of the workers, said the preservation guidelines there for a Reason and the protection of children was a priority.

'Vast epidemic'

FGM - deliberately cutting or injury to The Female external genitalia is practised, understood for non-medical Reasons -, and in some African, Asian and middle Eastern countries.

It is illegal in the UK and a detention carries a penalty of up to 14 years in prison - The First successful prosecution took place last Year .

Zainab Just said, the people in the Somali community have been

harassed In Yusef case, The Police took no further action, and The Children were returned.

"Slough" Children's Services trust has now apologised to The Family and maintain seven of their complaints, and agreed to support the withdrawal of the FGM-protection, if this is supported by both the legal advice and the courts.

He said in a statement: "We appreciate That The Process will be given to a child in foster care, is always frightening and, unfortunately, due to the type of the backup can happen in extremely rare cases, families are taken, where no further action.

"It is never our intention That The Family not only as a priority the protection of the child and to avoid to work with our partners, the possibility of children At Risk of "slipping through The Net '. "

The Police and The Trust said they could not comment on individual cases, But the backup was always The Number one priority.

UNICEF figures estimate, 98% of the women and girls have undergone in Somalia, FGM. But Somalis living in the UK say this is inaccurate, and special attention to FGM have attracted protection policy.

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the mothers we spoke to in Cardiff, said the Embassy, the makers of the education and the media suggested That it was a "huge epidemic" of FGM, which was born to her British daughters.

the Former social worker and Somali fighters Zainab Only, from the Hayaat women's trust, said, you know, given More Than a dozen cases in which children were wrong in care, because of the FGM risk.

"These guidelines will have a massive impact," She Said . "We are victims, we are racially profiled as being At Risk of FGM, and it affects us. "

she also says she knows of hundreds of cases where the families were, the wrong, reference is made to the backup.

A mother, Nimo, said she almost died after a female genital mutilation at the age of eight years. She says That health professionals sometimes "automatic assumptions" because of their experience.

"I have a diabetic daughter, she had a urine infection and The Doctor says to me: 'you had done FGM to you?' My Daughter , she knew nothing about FGM, they had never heard of it.

"These things happen, and we asked about The Children . I was like, 'Oh my God', because I have not spoken about FGM in a long, long time. "

'Stigmatise families," Dr saffron Karlsen says That Bristol University is planning further research on FGM in the UK

the researchers at Bristol University , spoke to 30 Somali mothers, fathers and young adults about their experiences with FGM-protection services.

Dr saffron Karlsen always said The Evidence suggested it was as a Big A problem as has been adopted.

She Said : "We want to see an end to FGM, But the way the current system is Set Up to sanction and stigmatize innocent families, and families where there is no evidence. That their children are subjected to FGM. "

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But Janet Fyle, a consultant at The Royal College of midwives, said That she does not agree with the concern, and That the position of the practices was there for a Reason .

"professionals have The Right to ask," She Said . "We know That FGM is happening in This Country under our noses - it is important to focus on this, because That is The Real question.

"Talk about the Problem of stigma is disturbing - the priority needs to protect his girl. "

A spokesman from the Home Office FGM unit, said: "all the actions of public authorities in relation to cases of suspected FGM, based on The Evidence .

"We were hard respecting the laws of certain professional force groups, to report when they have identified potential victims of FGM, regardless of what community for you. "

And the National Police Chiefs' Council, said The Police , health and children's services would retain responsibility for the protection of Young People from harm.

Commander Ivan, lead to the mutilation of The Female genital organs, said: "When people tell us they have concerns for the safety and well-being of a child, The Police will investigate, as The Public would expect.

"There will be cases where people have genuine concerns about The Children , and you should always feel able to come forward and speak with police. We treat each case sensitively and confidentially. "

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