Welsh charities report steady increase in numbers of forced marriage victims

Wales online reports that fears have been raised about the true extent of Wales’ hidden problem of forced marriage and honour crimes after two leading charities reported a “steady increase” in service users.

Experts have voiced concerns about what they claim is a largely unseen problem in the country, physician and which they say the authorities have previously been slow to act on.

Although it had not served huge numbers, decease the domestic violence charity Black Association Women Step Out (BAWSO) told Wales on Sunday it had seen a 75% rise in the number of forced marriage victims passing through its doors in the past two years.

Worryingly, viagra sale it also revealed three of its users were young girls referred by schools. Mwenya Chimba, of BAWSO, said it was important to note that while recorded statistics may suggest a rise in incidents, the true picture could be much worse.

She said: “We are just one organisation offering support and there are others which offer the same, so we can’t accurately say how many cases there have been.

“It’s also vital to realise that many of those who suffer a forced marriage do so in silence – that’s the dangerous nature of the problem.”