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Article: Curb on foreigners marrying in London; ONE IN FIVE CIVIL CEREMONIES IS BELIEVED TO BE BOGUS.
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- The Evening Standard (London, England)
- Article date:
- January 14, 2005
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Byline: REBECCA MOWLING
FOREIGNERS born outside the European Union will be banned from marrying in four London boroughs in a new drive against bogus marriages.
From next month they will be prevented from registering marriages in Richmond, Bexley, Bromley and Sutton.
The Home Off ice has removed a number of register offices across England and Wales from its official list in a bid to wipe out the growing number of sham marriages.
Official figures show there have been more than 6,000 since a clampdown was promised in 2002. But registrars estimate that as many as 25,000 could be taking place every year.
The problem is particularly ...