Home Office Data Reveals Children Under Five Recorded in UK Forced Marriage Unit Database

Newly obtained government figures highlight a disturbing trend showing that minors aged five and younger are being registered with Britain’s Forced Marriage Unit, prompting condemnation from advocates who label the practice barbaric.

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'Barbaric': Children Under Five Being Subjected To Forced Marriage In Britain

'Barbaric': Children Under Five Being Subjected To Forced Marriage In Britain Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News, Britain now has children aged five and under on the books of the Forced Marriage Unit. Home Office figures obtained through Freedom of Information requests show at least 27 children five or younger were referred between 2021 and 2025. They sit inside a wider total of more than 100 children aged 12 or under. A referral is not a completed marriage. It is ...

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