UK bans virginity testing but refuses to apologize to immigrants for past abuses

  • >… he couldn't fathom why his fiancée, who had just landed in London, was bleeding and seemed traumatized.

    > immigration and medical officers had whisked her away for a "clearance interview". When she finally came out of the room, the 35-year-old Indian school teacher wouldn't speak.

    > … she had undergone a so-called two-finger virginity test at the UK's largest airport.

    > The schoolteacher's abuse received national attention after she shared her experience with The Guardian, describing how a medical inspector had examined her to confirm she had not borne children and was in fact entering the country as a virgin, to be married.

  • The UK is a bizarre circus.

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  • I now think that allowing political topics on HN was a mistake. I did cheer for it previously - sorry.