A Belfast mother is appealing to both the UK and Irish governments to help bring her son back to Northern Ireland after he was kept in Lebanon by his father, defying a High Court ruling.
A Belfast mother has said that the Foreign Office is failing her son, who is being kept in Lebanon in defiance of a UK court order.Dr Mustapha Ali Nahle has refused to abide by a High Court ruling for his son to be returned to Northern Ireland, saying he has been granted custody in Lebanon .she was increasingly worried about her son, who is almost three, amid an escalation of violence between Israel and Hezbollah.
BBC Spotlight travelled to Beirut to track down David’s father, who is a consultant anaesthetist in Lebanon’s largest hospital. David’s parents married in 2021 but the home office rejected Dr Nahle's application for a visitor visa to the UK. “I can't believe that his father, who does love him, would do such a thing to me, would do such a thing to David.”
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