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Escaping forced marriage
The Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) deals with cases of forced marriage every week. It?s run in partnership with the UK Home Office and is the ONLY government unit in the world dedicated to investigating and helping people escape forced marriages.
Did you know?
1. The FMU deals with around 300 cases a year
2. One-third of the victims is under 18
3. 15% of the victims are Men
4. They have 6 full-time staff in London who work with consular staff around the world.
5. Whilst most of the cases are in Pakistan and Bangladesh they also deal with cases in unexpected locations like Ireland and Norway.
6. They can also help people in the UK ? you don?t need to be overseas to contact them.
7. If you are a victim of forced marriage they can try and stop your spouse getting a visa to come to the UK.
8. If you know of any case of forced marriage or if you want confidential advice, contact FMU on
(00 44) 020-7008 0151 or email [email protected]
www.fco.gov.uk
9. A 30 mins Video uk.youtube.com
10. A victim Shazia uk.youtube.com
Since Nov 2008, all Forced Marriages are illegalized. Under the Forced Marriage Act forced marriage is now a crime.
Did you know?
1. The FMU deals with around 300 cases a year
2. One-third of the victims is under 18
3. 15% of the victims are Men
4. They have 6 full-time staff in London who work with consular staff around the world.
5. Whilst most of the cases are in Pakistan and Bangladesh they also deal with cases in unexpected locations like Ireland and Norway.
6. They can also help people in the UK ? you don?t need to be overseas to contact them.
7. If you are a victim of forced marriage they can try and stop your spouse getting a visa to come to the UK.
8. If you know of any case of forced marriage or if you want confidential advice, contact FMU on
(00 44) 020-7008 0151 or email [email protected]
www.fco.gov.uk
9. A 30 mins Video uk.youtube.com
10. A victim Shazia uk.youtube.com
Since Nov 2008, all Forced Marriages are illegalized. Under the Forced Marriage Act forced marriage is now a crime.
Comments on this journal
Abt Egypt, i heard that the problem affects especially young brides aged 14 to 16 from poor background. Seemingly, it has become a huge business bcse wealthy men from the Gulf offer substantial sum of money to poor families. These families do not turn the offer down! The other women are from the middle class. A small number of them are forced to marry their cousins. Nowadays and prior to marriage more and more young women are given the right and time to choose their fiancee. For your information, if you're a Premium member you can contact everyone. If you aren't you can only contact your circle of friends.
Concerning committment, i admit that Egyptians commit to their partners more than Italians, whom i witnessed when i was in Italy, and Americans, whom i belong to. i really don't know if this committment is something religious or just related to traditions of Egypt.
I'd like to hear from you about your ideas regarding Egyptian partners and committment as you said earlier that you visited Egypt. I will tell you about marital relationships in Israel when i go there in 2009.
Finally, i tried to email you from the website or add you as a friend but i failed.
Best regards;
Alexander M