Omkring 137.000 kvinder og piger i England og Wales er blevet omskåret.
Det skønner en undersøgelse fra City University of London publiceret i 2015.
Selvom straffen for at foretage klitoris-omskæringer på piger og kvinder samt at medvirke er hård med en straframme på op til 14 års fængsel, er endnu ingen blevet dømt.
”Og det er en national skandale,” hed det for nylig i en rapport udgivet af det britiske indenrigsministerium.
Læs hele BBC’s reportage her:
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-38290888
og læs videre her:
The first ever recorded figures for female genital mutilation (FGM) show that between April 2015 and March 2016 there were 5,702 new cases in England.
The data was recorded by doctors and nurses who have been obliged to do so since July 2015.
Most of the women and girls were born in Africa and underwent the procedure there. But 43 girls were born in the UK and 18 of those had it done here.
The data was collected from the Health and Social Care Information Centre.
The true extent of the abuse is thought to be much higher with the government estimating 170,000 women and girls in the UK have undergone the procedure.