The country’s ruling Social Democrat-Green Party coalition is in the midst of a tug-of-war

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The Nordic nation is furious at perceived over-liberal laws which see immigrants claim the right to live in Europe after marrying a migrant child.

Sweden is known for its commitment to child welfare but the ruling Social Democrat-Green Party coalition

government has been blasted as “sick” for failing to protect its child immigrant population, which has seen children live as a married couple with an older man.

In 1973 Sweden banned marriages in which one or both parties is underage and in 2014 the previous government tightened the law following growing awareness of forced marriages among immigrant communities.

But marriages between underage parties are not annulled if carried out abroad and as a result, Sweden’s coalition government has come under pressure to close that legal loophole and invalidate all marriages that involve minors.