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Friday, 10 August, 2012, 11:01

Study highlights forced marriages


In the past two years, about 1,400 young women in Switzerland have been forced to marry, end a relationship or told not to seek a divorce.

Those are the findings of a study by Neuchâtel University for the Federal Migration Office.

The cases mostly involved women aged 18 to 25 from the Balkans, Turkey and Sri Lanka.


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