UK Women Forced Into Marriage Overseas Being Asked to Repay Rescue Costs

UK Women Forced Into Marriage Overseas Being Asked to Repay Rescue Costs
A bride sits on a wall opposite the Houses of Parliament during a wedding photo shoot in central London on Jan. 6, 2012. Reuters/Stefan Wermuth
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LONDON—Britain is failing victims of forced marriage, campaigners said Jan. 2, after the government pledged to investigate reports that women were being charged to be rescued.

An investigation by Britain’s Times newspaper found adult victims were being made to pay for emergency repatriation, with those unable to cover the costs made to take out emergency loans.