In the UK, dozens of groups are working on behalf of that nation's 4.5 million cohabitants, seeking to acquire for them the rights enjoyed by married couples to property, inheritance, maintenance, and compensation in cases of abandonment.
在英國，數十個民間團體為全英 450 萬同居人口請命，希望享有結婚者才能享受的財產和繼承、甚而贍養與遺棄賠償等法律上的保護。