UK minister says Pakistani men raping English girls, sparks outrage

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British Home Secretary Suella Braverman said British Pakistani men are members of grooming gangs who are involved in pursuing, raping, drugging and harming vulnerable English girls..

Her comments regarding the representation of British Pakistani men in grooming gangs have triggered controversy...

British Home Secretary Suella Braverman unveiled new plans to end child sexual abuse, after a number of reports into grooming gangs exploiting young girls..

Braverman was interviewed by Sky News, in which she asserted that vulnerable white English girls, often in care or difficult circumstances, were being targeted and sexually exploited by gangs of British Pakistani men involved in child abuse rings or networks, reported TRT World...

There have been several reports since about the predominance of certain ethnic groups - and I say, British Pakistani males - who hold cultural values totally at odds with British values, who see women in a demeaned and illegitimate way and who pursue an outdated and frankly heinous approach in terms of the way they behave, said the Home Secretary while talking to Sky presenter Sophy Ridge...

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