Campaigner Lisbeth Zornig told BuzzFeed News she was “very angry” at the court’s decision.

A high-profile children's rights campaigner in Denmark and her husband have been fined under human-trafficking laws for giving a lift to a Syrian family.

The Syrian family were invited back to Zornig's home, where they had coffee and biscuits.

Lisbeth Zornig / Via Twitter: @LisbethZornig

Last September Zornig was driving along a busy highway when she stopped to allow one Syrian family among many making their way through Europe to get in.

They came with her back to her home, where her husband gave them coffee and biscuits before driving them to a train station and buying them tickets to Sweden.

The family before they were helped to continue their journey on to Sweden.

Lisbeth Zornig / Via Twitter: @LisbethZornig

"I'm very angry," Zornig told BuzzFeed News after being fined.

"My husband and I did the only decent thing we could do. They needed a lift; we did what hundreds of other people would do."

Denmark's centre-right government has been attempting to deter refugees and migrants, passing new laws earlier this year giving authorities the power to seize money and jewellery from asylum-seekers to cover its expenses.

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