DISCLAIMER:
I don't know how true the following report is it seems fuzzy on the details.
I have my suspicions though as a certain religious figure married Aisha at six.
A girl of five has become the youngest victim of forced marriage, a shocking new report revealed.
She is one of 400 children in the UK to have been forced into marriage last year, the government’s Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) said.
Under-18s made up 29% of 1500 forced marriage cases that the FMU dealt with last year, with the majority between the ages of 15 and 17.
An 87-year-old woman was the oldest person to have sought advice from the FMU related to a possible forced marriage.
Of those assisted by the unit, which is dedicated to the prevention of forced marriage both overseas and in the UK, 78% were female and 22% male
The FMU report showed that the majority of cases involved families from South Asian countries, including India, Pakistan and Bangladesh.
A forced marriage is where one or both people do not consent to the union and pressure or abuse is used.
While it is not a criminal offence to force someone to enter a forced marriage in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, it is illegal in Scotland.
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