Around 80 unmarried Asian girl were subjected to intrusive and humiliating virginity tests at Heathrow Airport during 1970’s . Girls who failed the virginity tests were denied access into Britain.
The case that originally caused alarm was of an Asian teacher who was entering into the Britain with her fiance. British immigration did not believe that she was a bride to be and subjected her to a vaginal examination by a male doctor. Indeed the examination verified that she was a virgin.
Whilst the practice was banned in Britain in 1979, newly discovered Home Office files that have been published by The Guardian, indicate that the practice was a lot more widespread, particularly in the British High Commission offices of India and Pakistan. Senior Foreign Office officials reported 73 cases in New Delhi and a further nine in Bombay between 1976 and 1979.
An apology from the British government should be forthcoming and I would think so too. How dare a promiscuous British society think they have the right to subject Asian women to a depraved and rape-like experience. I sit aghast as I read this report. The knowledge that Asian women kept their virginity until getting married was totally taken advantage of.
The violation of human rights, civil liberties and the degradation associated with immigration inflicted upon these Asian women is shameful. Sadly, virginity tests may have been abolished in Britain, but they are still used around the world and have been part of the protest deterrent in the Middle East.
Bunty
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