Germany's cabinet plans to ban child marriages after the recent mass refugee influx brought in many couples where one or both partners were aged under 18. <br/><br/>The new law, set to receive parliamentary approval by July, is seen as a protective move especially for girls by annulling foreign marriages involving minors. <br/><br/>It will allow youth welfare workers to take into care under aged girls even if they were legally married abroad and, if deemed necessary, separate them from their husbands. <br/>