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<p>The joint Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Home Office Forced Marriage Unit
(FMU) operates a public helpline to provide advice and support to victims of forced
marriage as well as to professionals dealing with cases. Statistics on the number
of cases dealt with by the FMU are published annually, including a breakdown by region
and age, and are available online at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage#statistics-on-forced-marriage-collected-by-fmu%20"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/forced-marriage#statistics-on-forced-marriage-collected-by-fmu
</a>.</p><p>Statistics are available for the region of the West Midlands. Over the
last five years (2012-2016) the FMU has handled 933 cases where the victim was in
or from the West Midlands.</p><p>The statistics cannot be broken down into specific
towns and cities and by age for data protection reasons. The FMU must safeguard those
it supports. For example, citing the number of cases from a specific town may be low
enough to allow a victim to be identified.</p>
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