Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Cambodia, in search of the ideal for women abroad

Less than 50 years with a salary exceeding $ 2,500 a month are, from now on, the minimum requirements to be met by any foreign man seeking to marry a Cambodian woman. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs has sent an order to the Office of International Marriage to reject any suitor outsider who does not meet either of these two requirements in a move intended to prevent trafficking and ensure that the link is "honest" .

"We want to prevent fake marriages that lead to trafficking and exploitation of Cambodian women," said Chou Bun Eng Efe, Secretary, Ministry of Interior and head of that Office. The two requirements are also the first in a list that the Cambodian government plans to expand in the event that the measures taken do not have the desired results.

"We are trying, trying to see what we can do to stop trafficking, but it is possible to add new criteria," continues the secretary of state. Broustet Vincent had some time thinking about marrying his partner, a Cambodian two decades younger than he, who has been his companion for the last four years.

"We make a life together and wanted that she would inherit everything if something happens to me," says among the paintings that used to obtain their main source of income. Vincent knows he has little chance of being able to marry and that is about to turn 50 and his paintings almost never reported large amounts of money each month.

"They want to defend women but are denigrating. They sell only the highest bidder, who has more money," said the French artist who adds that the figure required is "ridiculous" in a country where the average wage is $ 50 monthly. Sarim, a young Cambodian, 23, also believed to be protecting a tailor who knows nothing about relationships, "but to impose restrictions" nonsensical.

" His skin color is dark chocolate, which has caused problems in finding a partner, in a country where beauty is associated with a pale complexion. For almost a year out, however, with a Swiss man who has not despised by their skin color and whom to marry someday. "We have the right to decide who they want to be.

We know what we do," said the young woman losing her big smile for a moment. Her boyfriend, Buzz, 42, is least concerned about his bar and gives you enough money to go into the ideal candidate profile, but disagree with the measure. "It's discrimination. They are saying that all foreigners are bad just because some have been," said the Swiss who came to Cambodia last year and a half.

With this unique process of selecting the Cambodian government seeks to prevent scandals such as occurred in 2008 when several complaints of abuse were uncovered a trafficking network that sent dozens of young Cambodian marriage in South Korea. The new law will not affect, however, foreign women who wish to marry Cambodian men or marriage to materialize beyond the borders of China.

In 2008 the Cambodian government adopted a moratorium on international marriages rose eight months later, while in February 2010 temporarily banned marriages with men from South Korea.

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