LONDON—A new report alleges officials at a British government agency are failing to protect teenage girls forced into abusive marriages by handing visas to their foreign husbands, over the objections of victims and other concerned parties.
The Home Office—a department responsible for immigration, security, and law and order—processed 88 requests last year to block visas, data obtained by The London Times indicates. Yet in 42 of these cases, officials still issued visas to the husbands.
