Asian women coming to Britain in the 1970s were subjected to ‘virginity tests’

• Indian woman scarred for life after invasive examination by a male doctor
• Demands for an official apology from government

At least 80 Asian women who arrived in Britain in the 1970s were made to have 'virginity tests' by immigration staff.

Calls have been made for the Government to make an official apology after it was discovered the intimate examinations – used to 'check the marital status' of Indian and Pakistani women - were on a wider scale that originally thought.

The practice was banned in February 1979 after it was reported a 35-year-old Indian teacher was examined by a male doctor when she arrived at Heathrow Airport to test whether she was a genuine wife-to-be who had not borne children.

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