Denmark's former immigration minister sentenced for separating child brides from older husbands.
From Legal
Insurrection
Inger
Stoejberg said her 2016 order “was aimed at
stamping out the practice of child brides who were being imported into the
country in the wake of the migrant wave.“ Twenty-three couples were separated, Germany’s DW News reported.
The special
Impeachment Court sentenced Stoejberg to 60 days in prison. The verdict may not
be appealed, and the jail sentence must be served.
“’I’m very, very surprised. I think it is
the Danish values that have lost,’ Stojberg told reporters. ‘I wished and
still wish to protect these girls.’”
“Since the migrant wave of 2015, Europe has
seen a spike in child marriages. ... European NGOs estimate that there are thousands of child brides living in
forced marriages across the continent.” Girls as young as 13 are forced
into marriage, NGOs say.
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