Last modified on Tue 4 May 2021 14.58 EDT
A legal loophole that allows 16- and 17-year-olds in England and Wales to marry with parental consent is being exploited and used to coerce young people into child marriage, campaigners have warned.
More than 20 organisations have signed a letter to the prime minister insisting current forced marriage law does not go far enough in protecting young people.
Furthermore, there is no legal provision across the UK to prevent religious or customary child marriages from taking place â at any age.
In a letter to Boris Johnson, four co-chairs of the Girls Not Brides UK partnership wrote: âChild marriage is often viewed as a âdeveloping world issueâ and one that exclusively takes place overseas. The reality is that child marriage is an invisible but thriving issue in the UK today.â
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