- Wednesday, May 08, 2024
By: Lauren Codling
by LAUREN CODLING FORCED MARRIAGE victims are urging parents to “stop ruining” lives, with the increasing risk of being taken abroad to marry over the summer holidays. July and August are typically when families travel abroad, with some making the journey to south Asia, where forced marriages are known to happen. Last month, pupils from the Co-operative Academy of Leeds were given spoons to hide in their underwear to trigger airport metal detectors. This would allow the youngster to alert airport staff that they were being “forced into a marriage”. Figures from the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) showed that more…
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