Margot Parker rails against the lack of action on FGM within the UK as well as the EU
Posted
on October 24
UKIP MEP Margot Parker said: "FGM has been illegal in the
UK for more than 30 years – including if girls are sent ‘home’ to be mutilated
in the name of culture. Despite robust legislation existing to stop this abuse
from occurring, there has not been a single conviction in all that time. There
is no religious requirement for girls to undergo FGM, so even that flimsiest of
excuses is absent. This is entirely about keeping women in their place,
asserting power over them and destroying their sexual identities. The practice
is abhorrent and is something we should, as a society, make clear is not
acceptable under any circumstances and politically correct cultural
sensitivities be damned!
"Exact figures of European-resident girls and women who have undergone
FGM, or are in danger of having it imposed upon them, are difficult to come by
due to the secrecy of the practice and the closed nature of many immigrant
communities, but the estimated numbers are staggering – about half a million.
The UK is a lot more capable of stating how prevalent this vile practice is in
our own country than many European nations. As many as 170,000 women in the UK
are thought to be living with the consequences of this barbarism with 65,000
girls under the age of 13 currently at risk.
