00:00How many children go missing in Europe every year?
00:07In 2024, more than 124,000 virtual reports of missing children were sent to the NGO Missing Children Europe.
00:16Reports can be made by alerting the hotlines through phone calls, text messages, emails, chat services and social media.
00:24The figure is nearly double the amount recorded in 2023.
00:27In the past two years, roughly two-thirds of recorded cases involve children who have either run away or been pushed out of their homes or care institutions.
00:37Problems at home and in institutions and issues related to drug or alcohol abuse are among the most common reasons.
00:45Six in ten children reported to have run away were girls.
00:49Most missing children were found by law enforcement agencies, while children returning of their own accord is the second most common way of children being recovered.
00:59Cases involving children in migration slightly rose in 2024 to 7%.
01:05Boys are more likely to be missing in such cases.
01:08This is related to the fact that there are more male than female asylum seekers and refugees.
01:13Morocco, Afghanistan, Algeria and Syria are the most common countries of origin for children going missing while migrating.
01:21Between 2021 and 2023, more than 50,000 accompanied migrant children in the EU disappeared from the radar.
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01:30Cases involving children with During Children considering the
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