On 4 March 2026, the House of Lords approved an amendment (339) to the Crime and Policing Bill which gives the Secretary of State power to issue guidance on honour-based abuse, and mandates that the Secretary of State publish such guidance. The House of Lords also approved an amendment to the same Bill (340), givingContinue reading “Government Action on Honour-Based Abuse”
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Forced Marriage Unit 2023 Statistics
On 9 May 2024, the Forced Marriage Unit published its statistics for 2023. I have written a more detailed report, but here are the key findings and recommendations. Key Findings: Recommendations: Full Report:
What Data? What Happens? Initial Findings in Exploring Barriers to Good Data-Gathering and Sharing on Honour-Based Abuse.
This project stems from Karma Nirvana’s strategic priorities for 2021-2024, one of which is to “Develop a national dataset to better understand the scope, scale and prevalence of – and appropriate responses to – Honour Based Abuse (HBA). This is vital, because there is currently no prevalence estimate for HBA, or data-informed understanding of theContinue reading “What Data? What Happens? Initial Findings in Exploring Barriers to Good Data-Gathering and Sharing on Honour-Based Abuse.”
FMU 2022 Statistics
On 20 June 2023 the Forced Marriage Unit (FMU) published its statistics for 2022. The headline fact is that the FMU handled 35 fewer cases in 2022 than in 2021. In this blog post, I look at other key points to note, comparing the statistics to those from 2021. It is not possible to compareContinue reading “FMU 2022 Statistics”
Honour-Based Abuse in the UK: What Data? What Happens?
The importance of evidence-based policy is well-recognised. Without evidence, how can people plan policies that will have the desired outcome? An essential requirement for evidence is good data. A lack of good data on Honour-Based Abuse in the UK means that policy is not currently robustly evidence-based. There is no way of knowing, therefore, ifContinue reading “Honour-Based Abuse in the UK: What Data? What Happens?”
Forced Marriage Research Projects Blog
Forced Marriage, International Travel, and Quarantine. As Covid-19 restrictions are eased in England, a new set of travel restrictions have come into place, including the need to quarantine in a government-approved hotel on arrival in the UK from a “red-list” country. Currently, many countries which regularly feature as “focus countries” for the forced marriage unitContinue reading “Forced Marriage Research Projects Blog”
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