{"id":15218,"date":"2025-05-25T11:26:54","date_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:26:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lost.team\/missing-children-in-the-eu\/"},"modified":"2025-05-25T11:26:54","modified_gmt":"2025-05-25T08:26:54","slug":"missing-children-in-the-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/missing-children-in-the-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"MISSING CHILDREN IN THE EU"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 class=\"western\">\ud83d\udc67\ud83c\udffd <span style=\"font-size: medium;\">Missing and Sexually Exploited Children in Europe: An Invisible Reality<\/span><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">May 25th, marked International Missing Children&#8217;s Day \u2014 a moment to remember that behind every statistic, there is a child with interrupted dreams and a family in anguish.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4 class=\"western\"><a name=\"_h29aswetxq4y\"><\/a> \ud83d\udcca <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Alarming Numbers<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Every year, approximately\u202f250,000 children are reported missing across Europe.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In 2023 alone, the 116 000 hotlines received\u202f67,345 calls\u202frelated to\u202f7,274 cases\u202fof missing children.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">More than\u202f51,000 unaccompanied migrant minors\u202fvanished in Europe between 2021 and 2023 \u2014 many falling victim to trafficking and exploitation.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">In France,\u202f40,989 cases of missing minors\u202fwere reported in 2023.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"western\"><a name=\"_bjwx9jm4j7qd\"><\/a> \u26a0\ufe0f <span style=\"font-size: small;\">Causes and Risks<\/span><\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">66% of cases involve children who ran away from home or institutions, often due to abuse, neglect, or mental health issues.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">18% concern parental abductions, and 6% relate to missing unaccompanied migrant children.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Unaccompanied minors are at particularly high risk of\u202fhuman trafficking,\u202fsexual exploitation,\u202fand\u202fforced labor, often disappearing without a trace.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"western\"><a name=\"_gj5ufwdyvbid\"><\/a> \ud83d\udee1\ufe0f <span style=\"font-size: small;\">How to Help<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">-\u202f116 000\u202fis the free European number for missing children, available 24\/7 in 32 countries, offering emotional, legal, and social support.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Organisations like\u202fMissing Children Europe\u202fand\u202fICMEC\u202fwork tirelessly to prevent disappearances and protect children from harm.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udce2\u202f<span style=\"font-size: large;\">Join the campaign #MissingDreams<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Each missing child represents a dream interrupted. Share this message and help amplify the voices of those who cannot be heard.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\ud83d\udc67\ud83c\udffd Missing and Sexually Exploited Children in Europe: An Invisible Reality May 25th, marked International Missing Children&#8217;s Day \u2014 a moment to remember that behind&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3325,"featured_media":14568,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nyheter",""],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15218","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15218\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lost.team\/no\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}