When young people go missing, they are often cold and lonely. They are also afraid and confused - with good reason, according to a report from the National Missing Persons Helpline.
Released earlier this month, the report, Lost from View: Missing Persons in the UK, presents the findings of researchers at the University of York.
It is an extraordinarily big problem. The helpline handles around 10,000 "missing" cases, which is anywhere between four and 10 per cent of the missing person reports made to the police each year. Many cases are not even reported, so the scale is likely to be far greater. It is difficult to get an exact figure because although police forces collect data, it is not combined on a national level.
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