PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Marriages between foreigners and Cambodians have been banned amid concerns of a growing number of brokered marriages involving poor, uneducated women.
You Ay, women’s affairs secretary of state, said the government has temporarily suspended all paperworks for Cambodian women to marry foreigners.
She said the ban, which was approved last week, would be lifted after the government developed a legal framework to address mixed marriages. Cambodia, Ay added, is working to strengthen the laws on marriage. A report of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) highlighted the plight of an increasing number of Cambodian brides migrating to South Korea arranged by brokers who make huge profits.
The reports said some 1,759 marriage visas were issued by South Korea in 2007, up from just 72 in 2004. (Asia News Network/ AsiaNews)
You Ay, women’s affairs secretary of state, said the government has temporarily suspended all paperworks for Cambodian women to marry foreigners.
She said the ban, which was approved last week, would be lifted after the government developed a legal framework to address mixed marriages. Cambodia, Ay added, is working to strengthen the laws on marriage. A report of the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) highlighted the plight of an increasing number of Cambodian brides migrating to South Korea arranged by brokers who make huge profits.
The reports said some 1,759 marriage visas were issued by South Korea in 2007, up from just 72 in 2004. (Asia News Network/ AsiaNews)
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