Posted on 05/25/2015 6:34:44 PM PDT by Steelfish
Brides for Sale: European Women Lured for Sham Marriages May 25, 2015, SYLVIA HUI and KAREL JANICEK Klara Balogova was 18, penniless and heavily pregnant when she rode thousands of miles from Slovakia to England to marry a man she had never met.
She knew he did not want her, or her child. He wanted her European identity card. The marriage was arranged so the 23-year-old Pakistani groom could gain the right to live and work in Europe.
Balogova was promised a clean place to stay in Britain and maybe even some money. But she says within days of arrival, she was moved from Manchester to Glasgow in Scotland, where she was kept in an apartment with her future husband. When he wasn't around, his younger brother would stand over her, and her identity documents were taken away.
"He didn't let me out at any time. He told me it was not possible to go out there," said Balogova, a shy, petite Gypsy woman who spoke reluctantly, never making any eye contact when she was interviewed. "Once a week we went out together. I was never allowed to go alone."
Each year, dozens of women like Balogova from poorer corners of eastern Europe are lured to the West for sham marriages.
The men, who authorities say are often Asian or African, pay large sums because they want to live, work or claim benefits more easily in their chosen country and move freely within Europe. The brokers, often organized criminal gangs, take most or all of the profits. And the women sometimes end up trapped in a foreign country with nothing.
This relatively new form of trafficking comes at a time when Britain continues to tighten its borders, and politicians across western Europe are clamoring for tougher curbs to immigration. ...
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Must be some other Britain...
When you are afraid to call them Muslims, you have already lost the battle.
and where are the British immigration authorities?? They must wave people from their old colonies in, but European gypsies??
Too little too late for Europe..
A gypsy marrying a Pakistani. What could go wrong?
So marry a Muslim, and be a prisoner. That’s about it. Sad.
And are they all named Mohamed?
Erm, the UK since 2010 has tightened up immigration. Much more to be done, but its a start.
Honestly, when it comes to the current state of affairs in U.K., you remind me of the crucified Bryan singing “Look On the Bright Side of Life”.
;^)
I know, silly me, imagine actually living in said country and having a greater knowledge and understanding of what happens.
And its Brian.
I and the other British freepers try and give an accurate and non myth/non hysteria account of what is actually happening in the UK, not what US blogs and talk radio says is happening,
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