One in five forced marriage reports involved male victims

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One in five forced marriage reports involved male victims

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Date - 15th May 2018
By - PA and JJ Hutber

More than 1,000 possible forced marriage cases were flagged up to a specialist Government service last year, figures show. More than a quarter of the total 1,196 reports handled by the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) involved victims...

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