BBCNEWS BBC News November 19, 2021 10:47:00
So while it looks like attitudes towards marrying young are shifting, this bill will take away that choice for 16 and 17—year—olds. and there are also concerns from the roma and traveller community that the bill could criminalise parts of their culture. farhana says if this law existed when she was younger, she would have had a different experience. all things being equal, my mum was otherwise a law—abiding citizen, she never would have contemplated getting me married off if she thought it was illegal. and despite me coming across uk border force, the high commission in bangladesh, the b...