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17,000 'honour' victims in Britain a year
It warns that the number of girls falling victim to forced marriages, kidnappings, sexual assaults, beatings and even murder by relatives intent on upholding the "honour" of their family is up to 35 times higher than official figures suggest. ... children as young as 11 having been sent abroad to be married ... We are bringing three girls a week back from Islamabad as victims of forced marriage. We know that is the tip of the iceberg ... Women who have been taken overseas to be married against their will are now being rescued on an almost daily basis ... Former Bradford policeman Philip Balmforth, who works with vulnerable Asian women, said he saw 395 cases of forced marriage in the city last year ... a total of 250 girls aged between 13 and 16 were taken off the school rolls last year because they failed to return from trips abroad ... Posted by: lotp 2008-02-11 |
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