Jasmin Osman took a picture of her legs in chains at a boarding school. She escaped under barbed wire, and her call for help led to the rescue of 25 others

Young women who are sent abroad by their families for forced marriages are charged by the Foreign Office for the cost of rescuing them, The Times can reveal.

The department helped to repatriate 27 victims of forced marriage in 2017 and 55 in 2016, figures released under the Freedom of Information Act show.

British victims who call for help are told that they have to find hundreds of pounds for their flight home, basic food and shelter. Any who are over 18 and cannot pay are made to sign emergency loan agreements with the Foreign Office before boarding their flight home and have their passports confiscated until they repay. If they do not clear their debt within six months, officials add 10 per cent to