Black EU citizen with settled status temporarily denied entry into UK

Dahaba Ali Hussen, who has lived in London for 19 years, stopped while trying to board Eurostar in Paris

A black EU citizen with settled status was temporarily denied entry to the UK when she attempted to board a Eurostar train in Paris on Saturday.

Dahaba Ali Hussen, a Dutch citizen of Somali origin who has lived in London for 19 years, was on a solo holiday in France when she arrived at the Gare du Nord railway station two hours before her train was set to depart to London St Pancras.