Pakistanis import wives for disabled sons |
Jess Phillips says it is among “lots of cases” she deals with where people from Pakistani and Bangladeshi communities behaved “unacceptably” towards women.A MP from the United Kingdom has criticised some British-Pakistanis for reportedly “going and getting a wife from abroad” for their disabled sons. She made the comment in reference to her Labour party colleague, Sarah Champion, who quit as shadow equalities minister after writing in The Sun about Pakistani Muslim men abusing white girls. The Ann Craft Trust, which works with the learning-disabled, said there was a “serious problem” of British Asian people with learning disabilities being forced into marriage without giving their proper consent. Around 10 per cent of cases reported to the government`s forced marriage unit, 140 a year, concern people with learning disabilities. Research for the trust found that the vast majority involved people of Pakistani, Bangladeshi and also Indian origin.
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