Forced Marriages: More Bitter Fruits of Multicult Diversity By Mrs Vera West and James Reed

Multiculturalists always promoted the seeming virtues of cultural and ethno-racial diversity, such as diverse food, something which the already obese chattering class is obsessed with. The chattering class could equally be called the eating class. But occasionally some of the problems of multicultural societies surface, such as forced marriages.

Forced marriages are a part of human trafficking, which inevitably arises with mass immigration open borders style programs such as Australia. In 2022-2023 there was a 13 percent increase in human trafficking, some 340 reports, primarily for the purpose of forced marriage. The crime mainly involves underaged girls, but the police are quick to point out that anyone, regardless of sexual orientation can be a victim, including I suppose, gays and transgenders, although there does not appear to be any visible cases of this. The phenomenon is an ethnic one, and naturally the system goes very careful on not stating who the major groups are responsible for this. After all, the ideology behind mass immigration-based multiculturalism, is supposed to be that the migrants just bring everything wonderful, and Australia's core culture is not replaced, but made more exciting. Sure, ask the young girls sold off to some older men.

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"Federal police are calling on schools across the country to keep an eye out for the warning signs of forced marriage in a renewed bid to disrupt human trafficking in Australia.

The latest figures from the Australian Federal Police (AFP) show reports of human trafficking in Australia are on the rise, prompting a new public awareness campaign.

The AFP received 340 reports of human trafficking in the 2022-23 financial year, an increase of 13 per cent from the previous year.

Forced marriage was among the most common incidents of human trafficking, with 90 reports in the 12-month period — half of which involved underage victims.

Among the cases handled by the AFP in 2022 was an underage girl who disclosed that her parents were intending to book flights to send her overseas, possibly to marry her.

The girl had also received death threats from immediate and extended family members after they found she had communicated with a boy outside of the family group.

After being interviewed by human trafficking experts, authorities obtained a court order to remove her from the family home and placed travel alerts on her family members.

As students across Australia begin a new school year in the coming weeks, AFP Commander of Human Exploitation Helen Schneider said teachers, parents and fellow students were often the first to see the signs.

"If the victim is someone still within school age, that might be the only access they have outside of what might be a controlling environment," Commander Schneider said.

"By educating the community of the prevalence of forced marriage and building awareness, particularly for those involved in school communities, we hope more people are empowered to seek help and report their experiences or suspicions to the AFP."

Under-reported crime

A forced marriage is when a person enters a marriage without full consent through coercion, threats, deception or a lack of understanding of the nature and effect of a marriage ceremony.

Some signs people within school communities are being urged to look out for include a family history of older siblings dropping out of school early, marrying early or raising concerns about early marriage.

Other signs include being "highly controlled" by family or community members, having their communications monitored, and expressing concern about upcoming family holidays or overseas travel.

Forced marriage has been illegal in Australia since 2013, but Commander Schneider said it was still an under-reported and complex crime.

"If victims are not comfortable in speaking directly to police, there are many services and agencies which can provide support to help ensure their safety," she said.

"The AFP encourages schools to have systems and services in place to support victims of human trafficking and forced marriage offences."

Boys could also be victims of forced marriage, but the vast majority of victims were girls, according to Commander Schneider.

"Forced marriage is not limited to any cultural group, religion or ethnicity," she said.

"Anyone can be a victim of forced marriage, regardless of their age, gender or sexual orientation."