Child brides now living in Europe as Government urged to prepare a response

The Government has been urged to prepare a response to so-called child brides after an estimated 100 such marriages were identified in Norway and Sweden.

A girls’ rights organisation claims there are “thousands of child brides living with their ‘husbands’” among the 1.3m refugees in Europe.

Plan International Ireland said it is “unequivocal” in its support for those fleeing persecution and danger, but added that the rights of girls not to be forced into marriage had to be protected.