"Adult migrant men are marrying children to qualify for EU passports in Sweden"

voiceofeurope.com

"Adult men are marrying child brides in order to receive EU passports, and Swedish law is failing to protect the children involved.

Immigrants can claim the right to seek asylum in Europe if they are married, and so are marrying child brides to assure their EU passport.

While underage marriages are banned in Sweden, underage marriages that were held outside of Sweden are not banned, meaning migrants can get married to child brides in their home country to guarantee their 'right' to live in Sweden.

Swedish political parties have expressed their dismay at this legal loophole allowing child migrant marriages, with right-wing Sweden Democrats leader Jimmie Åkesson saying 'I don’t know what there is to think about. It is, frankly, totally sick that one can’t just simply say no to something as bizarre as grown men having the right to marry children.'

This outrage comes only a few months after the Swedish state healthcare board released a pamphlet that advised migrants living with a child spouse, seemingly to condone it."