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The crisis hit area of Malmo, a coastal city in southern Sweden which has been plagued with a series of car fires, received 65 married minors last year - 61 of them were allowed to continue living with their husbands.

As news of the municipality’s decision to allow the young girls to remain with their spouses emerged, fury erupted across Sweden and the Child Ombudsman hit out against the ruling.

After being reported to the Parliamentary Ombudsman all the cases were reviewed again, however it has now emerged Malmo, which has functioned as a transit municipality, has lost track of two of the young girls.

Despite the vow that the child brides’ cases would be reassessed, Carina Nilsson, chairman of the Social Resource Committee, said it is not known if they are still living their spouses.