'Alarming' number of trafficked children go missing from care

Neil Puffett
Tuesday, November 15, 2016

More than 750 trafficking victims and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children went missing in the space of a single year, with 40 per cent of them yet to be found, it has emerged.

A total of 207 trafficked and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who went missing from care between September 2014 and September 2015 are yet to be found. Picture: Nathan Clarke
A total of 207 trafficked and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who went missing from care between September 2014 and September 2015 are yet to be found. Picture: Nathan Clarke

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