Domestic ‘honour’ Violence Cost Britain 25.3 Billion Pounds
comment by Jerry Gordon
The cost of legal migration to the U.K. just grew by more than $50 billion (23.3 billion pounds). It’s all about ‘domestic honor violence’ perpetrated by South Asian immigrants, especially Pakistani and Bengladeshis. Muslim sectarian support for such domestic violence, including ‘honor killings’ is appalling in a country prized for its civilized tolerance. According to this Parliamentary report, the level of such religiously sanctioned domestic violence with a massive increase in forced marriages.
And what is this estimated burden derived from? Witness this comment from an Indian ethnic MP:
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The British parliament’s Home Affairs Select Committee, headed by ethnic Indian MP Keith Vaz, said in a report published Thursday that the real cost of domestic violence - in expenses incurred on public services, losses to the economy and costs to the victims - were likely to be higher than the 25.3 billion pounds incurred in 2005-06.
NewsPostIndia, June 13, 2008
Domestic violence cost the British government 25.3 billion pounds in 2005-06, a parliamentary report has said, even as an influential Muslim group admitted the linked issue of forced marriages among Asians had reached a crisis point.
The British parliament’s Home Affairs Select Committee, headed by ethnic Indian MP Keith Vaz, said in a report published Thursday that the real cost of domestic violence - in expenses incurred on public services, losses to the economy and costs to the victims - were likely to be higher than the 25.3 billion pounds incurred in 2005-06.
This was because not all crimes are reported to police.
Some of the domestic violence is directly linked to the practice of ‘honour (izzat) violence’ that is said to be widespread among some Asian communities in Britain, including Pakistani and Bangladeshi Muslims and Indian-origin Sikhs.
The report said the number of those who die in ‘honour killings’ every year may be far higher than the 12 estimated by the British home ministry.
The report also highlighted another related practice, where young Asian women and men are forced into marrying a stranger from the country of their origin.
Such forced marriages are often unhappy and lead to domestic violence, which in turn go unreported because of deeply-held concepts of ‘family honour’.
Vaz said it was time schools educated children about such violence. (Continue Reading this Article)
June 13th, 2008 at 9:42 • opinion • news • News Post India • U.K. parliament report • "honour violence in U.K. cost $50 billion in 2005-2006 • 0 Comments •
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