Repatriation fees for forced marriage victims abolished

Campaigners had long said victims should not have to pay Foreign Office for their freedomThe Foreign Office has bowed to public outrage and dropped its requirement for victims of forced marriage to pay sometimes crippling fees to cover the cost of their repatriation.The foreign secretary, Jeremy Hunt, made the pledge to the chair of the foreign affairs select committee, Tom Tugendhat, after charities complained the fees were causing victims to take out big loans. Tugendhat had raised the issue d