Report alleges 100,000 female mutilations in UK

As MANY as 100,000 women in Britain have undergone female genital mutilations (FGM) with medics in the UK offering to carry out the illegal procedure on girls as young as ten, it has been reported.

An undercover investigation secretly filmed a doctor, dentist and an alternative medicine practitioner who were allegedly willing to perform circumcisions or arrange for the operation to be carried out.

The doctor and dentist deny any wrongdoing.

The practice, which involves the surgical removal of external genitalia and in some cases the stitching of the vaginal opening, is illegal in Britain and carries a maximum 14-year prison sentence.

It is also against the law to arrange FGM.

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Supermodel Waris Dirie, who was mutilated as a child, is a vociferous opponent of the practice.

She said: “If a white girl is abused, the police come break down the door. If a black girl is mutilated, nobody takes care of her. This is what I call racism.”

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