Storbritanniens nya migrationsminister om kusingifte

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http://integrationsbloggen.blogspot.com/2008/10/storbritanniens-nya-migrationsminister.html


Phil Woolas har ersatt Liam Byrne som migrationsminister i Storbritannien. Han har direkt hamnat i fokus genom att föreslå ett tak för invandringen. Dessutom har han retat upp muslimska grupper. Han har påpekat att giftermålen mellan kusiner som är vanliga inom den pakistanska gruppen leder till missbildade barn samt att det finns en rasism mot vita.

'Part of the risk, I am told by the health service, is first-cousin marriages,' he said. 'If you are supportive of the Asian community then you have a duty to raise this issue.'

It is estimated that 55 per cent of British Pakistanis are married to first cousins.

The likelihood of unrelated couples having children with genetic disorders is about 100-1, but it rises to one in eight for first cousins.

British Pakistani children account for as many as one-third of birth defects, despite making up only three per cent of all UK births.


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