Some real life scenarios in Bangladesh…

British diplomats were alerted about a 15-year-old British girl who was promised a holiday but on arrival in Sylhet, Bangladesh hidden with relatives pending a forced marriage. When officials from the British High Commission in Dhaka traced her she denied that her family were keeping her against her will. However, further investigations highlighted that her family was beating and threatening her. She was rescued from a choice that was not her own and is now studying to be an Accountant in the UK.

A British girl had been sent to study at a boarding school in Madrassa in Bangladesh against her will. She had no contact from her family or friends for over two years but had recently been told by her father that if she married her cousin she would be allowed home. She was 16 years old. When officials from the British High Commission in Dhaka found her she made a decision to leave and was assisted to return to the UK immediately.

A British girl had been caught with a boyfriend in the UK and had been bought to Bangladesh to be forcefully married. When concerned friends got in touch with officials at the British High Commission in Dhaka, the team were able rescue her from a village in the Sylhet region and get her back to the UK.