The Christmas holiday period is a time when young girls can be flown abroad to undergo FGM and the National FGM Centre is asking school staff to look out for the danger signs of those at risk.
Official NHS statistics released last week show that at least 830 of the 1,930 cases – which were recorded between July and September 2019 – took place abroad (with the location not clear in a further 540 cases).
The total of 1,930 is a rise of 20 per cent from the same period last year, and of the 1,930, 940 were newly recorded cases. Furthermore, FGM is under-reported and so the real figures are likely to be much higher.
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