A Roma family in Ireland who had a blonde, blue-eyed girl removed from them over concerns she was not theirs are due to hear if she will be returned.
The seven-year-old was taken into care on Monday when a member of the public reported the youngster was living with the family in a house in the south Dublin suburb of Tallaght.
It follows the case in Greece where a four-year-old girl, known as Maria, was taken into care, and a Roma couple were charged with abduction.
Police spent several hours at the property in Dublin after asking for the family to produce documents to confirm the child is theirs.
It is understood a name and date of birth the parents gave does not match records with the register office.
A birth certificate was deemed to be inconclusive, and a passport bore a picture of a baby and could not be matched to the seven-year-old.
No arrests have been made, and family members are not facing an allegation of abduction.
A number of other children, believed to be the girl's siblings, were in the house at the time and not taken into care.
It is understood the police have sought to have DNA tests carried out on the child to confirm she is the daughter of the Roma couple.
Members of a group of about 15 friends and relations from the Roma community said they were upset, claiming that the girl was part of the family, and should be returned as the family have documentary proof.
Others said the girl was not the only member of the family with blonde hair.
The only similarity with the Greek case is that both girls are blonde-haired and blue-eyed, and had a different appearance from that of the couples they were found living with.
In Greece, a DNA test on Maria proved she was not related to Christos Salis, 39, and Eleftheria Dimopoulou, 40, and the couple have been held on charges of abduction and document fraud.
Authorities in Ireland briefly removed another child from a family in Athlone due to concerns about his identity.
The two-year-old boy was returned a short time after he was placed into the temporary care of the health service.
Denise Charlton, chief executive of Pavee Point, a rights groups that works on behalf of Irish travellers and the Roma community, warned against "racial profiling" following the latest incident.
"Any targeting of members of an individual community for such scrutiny, on the basis of unfounded perceptions that they are more likely than others to break the law, is wrong," she said.
A spokesman for the organisation added: "There is a real danger that precipitative action, undertaken on the basis of appearance, can create the conditions for an increase in racism and discrimination against the Roma community living here."
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