“Saved tvångsgifta brits get to pay for the trip”
“British citizens who are married off against their will abroad may pay the return travel to the united kingdom when they have been rescued, writes newspaper The Times.”
“According to the magazine data needed to more of the 82 people who were helped by the british state to take home for the 2016-2017 pay for flights, food and accommodation. Those who have not been able to afford to pay for the expenses have been forced to solve an emergency loans.”
“Four women who were rescued from Somalia in 2018, had to pay 740 pounds each, the equivalent of about 8 400 sek.”
“Organizations that work against tvångsgiftermål is critical that the victims themselves must pay in order to be saved. But a spokesperson for the uk foreign office tells the BBC that the state has an obligation to recover the money because they come from the general funds. Secretary Jeremy Hunt announces that he will investigate further.”
“the united kingdom banned the forced marriages in 2014. Since then, only two people convicted of the crime.”
