This week in Afghanistan a cleric in his 60s was arrested after marrying a six-year-old girl. Mohammad Karim claimed he married the child as a ‘religious offering,’ and her parents agreed. Elsewhere, in European asylum camps child brides are being allowed to stay with their older husbands. Scandinavian asylum centres are defending the practice by saying husbands may be the only person brides know and trust even though child abuse is suspected. In Norway during 2015, ten migrants under the age of 16 were married (four had children). Oslo does not ratify conventions by the Council of Europe aimed at avoiding child abuse and exploitation. In February, dozens of young female asylum seekers were discovered living with older men in Danish refugee centres . A month earlier, 70 married under-age girls were in Swedish asylum centres in Stockholm and Malmo. See: https://www.rt.com/news/353996-afghan-cleric-married-girl/