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"It is not only women from south Asian families who can be forced into marriage, though they make up the majority of cases. "There are also quite a lot happening to Somalians as well; Turkish, too. "But this is happening nationally and internationally. It is a global problem."
Mrs Bhaloo confirms that though the problem of forced marriage has only come to prominence recently, it is not new, and the consequences can be catastrophic. She said: "The first case was a long time ago, but people didn't speak out because they didn't know where to go. "Forced marriage has resulted in murders in families. Women have been murdered when they have refused to get married. "It was about five years ago when we were just about starting to look into forced marriage. Maybe one reason it took until then was that we could see it was happening all over the place but people didn't know where to go or who to get in contact with."
