UK: Children still forced into overseas marriages despite 2014 law

#1
C C Offline
Students savoring the diversity of imported customs and morals, and an underground revival of partriarchal "norms".

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-44812530

EXCERPT: A school is attempting to tackle forced marriages by handing out spoons to urge students to hide them in underwear to trigger metal detectors at airports. [...] if they fear they are being taken overseas to be married. It will trigger metal detectors at airports, allowing them to raise the alarm with security staff privately. [...] 80% of UK forced marriages happened abroad during the summer holidays. [...] Parents who force their children to marry can be punished by up to seven years in prison....

MORE: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-44812530
Reply


Possibly Related Threads…
Thread Author Replies Views Last Post
  Leftist "law" Syne 1 132 May 26, 2026 02:04 AM
Last Post: Syne
  Article UK voted for law that bans cigarettes for anyone born after 2008 C C 4 294 Apr 24, 2026 12:59 AM
Last Post: Syne
  Myth of international law Syne 0 241 Mar 3, 2026 04:06 AM
Last Post: Syne
  Despite it all the USA had a Good 2025 Zinjanthropos 0 117 Jan 9, 2026 02:31 PM
Last Post: Zinjanthropos
  Research In New Jersey, tobacco sales to underage buyers continue despite federal legislation C C 1 648 Feb 1, 2025 03:13 AM
Last Post: confused2
  Article Trump may extend TikTok use despite ban + What could US TikTok ban mean for UK users? C C 4 1,111 Jan 20, 2025 07:51 PM
Last Post: C C
  Article Barreling ahead with school smartphone bans — despite weak evidence that they help C C 1 684 Jan 17, 2025 07:39 PM
Last Post: Magical Realist
  Article Asimov's laws of robotics need an update for AI: Proposing a 4th law of robotics C C 0 536 Jan 15, 2025 04:28 PM
Last Post: C C
  Stores rebel against California's new woke toy law Magical Realist 3 943 Dec 16, 2023 04:41 PM
Last Post: C C
  Article Why we should settle Mars (despite the anti-space activists) C C 0 456 Dec 7, 2023 06:29 PM
Last Post: C C



Users browsing this thread: 1 Guest(s)