FOI release

Marriage abuse enforcement visits, arrests and removals from 2008 to 2013

Marriage abuse enforcement visits, arrests and removals following enforcement visit arrests from January 2008 to September 2013. Includes the number of reports relating to sham marriage.

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Marriage abuse enforcement visits, arrests and removals from 2008 to 2013

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FOI release 30157.

For each of the counties Hampshire, Berkshire, Dorset, Wiltshire, Surrey, Sussex, Oxfordshire and Buckingham:

  1. The number of reported sham marriages recorded on the Home Office Intelligence Management System (IMS) between 30 September 2012 and 31 October 2013.

  2. The number of abuse enforcement visits carried out from January 2008 to September 2013.

  3. The number of arrests made as a result of marriage abuse enforcement visits from January 2008 to September 2013.

  4. The number of removals made as a result of marriage abuse of enforcement visits from January 2008 to September 2013

The information was released 11 February 2014.

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Published 2 April 2014

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