8 September 2016, 12:43 GMT
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — According to Der Western newspaper, the data collected before July 31, 2016 shows that 1,475 minors were registered as married by the government migration office.
The largest number of married minors came from Syria, accounting for 664.
In Germany, the minimum age for marriage is 18, although 16-years-old are allowed to get married with court permission and parental consent.
EU border agency Frontex detected over 1.83 million illegal border crossings in 2015, in contrast to some 283,000 in 2014. Of these, more than one million net arrivals streamed into Germany, according to the German Federal Statistical Office.
