Sopra Steria launches investigation after father’s birth country scribbled out and document torn
Staff have been suspended and an inquiry has been launched by a Home Office contractor over claims that the word “Israel” was defaced on a baby’s birth certificate after it was submitted in a passport application.
The Paris-based contractor Sopra Steria said it was “shocked and saddened” by the allegations and had started a “full investigation into the handling of the documentation and are treating this incident with the utmost seriousness”.
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