His Honour Judge Hinkinbottom rejected the appeal A failed asylum seeker and his 11-year-old daughter are demanding they must not be deported to France - because she would be banned from wearing the burka. The Muslim father, 42, says removing them from the UK and forcing them to live across the Channel would amount to a breach of her religious rights. France banned women from wearing the burka - the full body covering - and the niqab or face veil in public three years ago. The pair arrived in France when fleeing from Iran in 2011. Britain is seeking to deport them and under EU rules they should go to the first country they set foot in.
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People seen to be wearing a burka or niquab can be fined £125 in France
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Father claims that religious rights would be breached in the country
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Says that his 11-year-old daughter is dedicated to following the dress code
Last month a @placeholder judge ruled that a woman could wear a full-face veil during her trial but must remove it while giving evidence.