Two brides aged 14 have been let into Denmark in the past year, one of whom was pregnant by her 24-year-old husband

Child brides as young as 14 have been reunited with their husbands in Denmark after the authorities reversed their policy of separating underage married migrants.

The Danish Immigration Service decided that forcing married couples to live apart violated the right to family life guaranteed in the European convention on human rights.

Two brides aged 14 were among the influx of migrants in the past year, including one girl who was expecting a baby with her husband, 24. The other was married to a 28-year-old man. The Danish move came as German authorities await a ruling on a test case at the country’s constitutional court concerning 361 cases of married children under the age of 14 among asylum seekers.

In both countries the usual legal minimum