Forced marriage and honour violence 'worse than people think'
Organisations set-up to help victims of forced marriage and honour-based violence say the problem is worse than people think.
Victim forced to marry sex offender
Across the region women's refuges say more than half of those being looked after are victims of forced marriage and honour-based violence.
This woman told Correspondent Kenny Toal how her parents forced her to move from Pakistan to the UK and marry an older man.
What they didn't know was he was a convicted sex offender who locked her in a room and abused her.
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