Taking forced marriage seriously….?

Yes but only as a way to curb immigration apparently. Rahila Gupta has written on just this topic: how the proposed Forced Marriage legislation is actually a way of limiting immigration dressed up as protecting women’s rights. You can read more here.

Posted by Louise Livesey on 28 February 2008, at 5:18 PM | Comments (0)

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