466 cases of female genital mutilation in just one month in England

[tay]

An average of 15 cases were discovered each day in November, according to data published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).


Last November 466 cases of FGM were identified; while in October, the first month such figures were compiled, 455 cases were reported. The figures for December are expected this week.


Despite the apparently high number of FGM cases, no one has yet been convicted for the practice, which has been illegal in the UK since 1985.


Dhanuson Dharmasena is currently on trial accused of performing FGM on a patient at the Whittington hospital in north London, it is the first prosecution of its kind.


FGM is the deliberate partial or total removal of the external female genitalia for non-medical reasons.




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Almost 500 cases of female genital mutilation identified in just one month in English hospitals - Independent.ie

 

[Walter]

The religion of peace.

 

[Blackleaf]

Nobody's been convicted because it's Muslims doing it and preventing them doing it is "racist".

It's the same reason the authorities stood by and did nothing in Rotherham when gangs of Muslim men were sexually abusing white girls.

 

[petros]

How many males?

 

[Said1]

It says identified, most likely meaning that that it could have happened to them at any time, at any location because what they identified was probably long after the fact.