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However, I believe that explicit reference to honour offences sends an important message to relevant communities that, far from being a mitigation for crimes of violence, in our society it actually aggravates the offence. Many victims, who are often black, minority or migrant women and girls, still do not report abuse, believing that the system will not recognise their situation. Their experiences are minimised and misread by those in a position to help them. Fitting honour-based abuse into existing laws fails to tackle these unique issues or drive the real change that is so desperately needed.