High Court quashes minister's refusal of short-stay visa for 16-year-old 

Judge said Justice Minister's decision to refuse visa to girl to visit her parents and siblings 'was seriously deficient'

The High Court has ordered the Justice Minister to reconsider her refusal to grant a 16-year-old girl a short-stay visit so she can come and see her parents and two siblings here.

The High Court has ordered the Justice Minister to reconsider her refusal to grant a 16-year-old girl a short-stay visit so she can come and see her parents and two siblings here.

The girl lives with her grandmother in a country outside the EU. Her parents arrived here and sought asylum here in 2008 and 2011 but were refused.