By: Lauren Codling
by LAUREN CODLING VICTIMS as young as 12 have contacted helplines about forced marriage, new statistics revealed last Friday (3), as the risk increases of teenagers being taken abroad to marry over the summer holidays. Children’s charity NSPCC confirmed its helpline Childline had been contacted by young victims, with 109 counselling sessions on the issue in 2017-18. Last month, charity Karma Nirvana stated that 80 per cent of forced marriages involving a Briton happen abroad, with many teenagers disappearing in the summer break from school. Home secretary Sajid Javid pledged to do more to help abolish the “despicable [and] inhumane”…
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