“Volt”, a party in the Dutch House of Representatives, has asked questions to Secretary of State Ankie Broekers-Knol in response to the Lost in Europe research that showed that more than 18,000 child migrants have gone missing since arriving in Europe between 2018-2020. This is evident from data collected by Lost in Europe in 30 …
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Research shows that more than 18,000 child migrants have gone missing since arriving in Europe between 2018-2020. This is evident from data collected by Lost in Europe in 30 European countries. It is feared that some of them fell in the hands of drug gangs, human traffickers, or were exploited in the sex industry. Others …
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The Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) fund announced on Wednesday 14 April the four winners of its inaugural #IJ4EU Impact Award celebrating excellence in cross-border investigative reporting. And one of them is Lost in Europe! The #IJ4EU Impact Award is the first prize worldwide for cross border journalism. Lost in Europe was nominated because of their ongoing investigation …
UNCOVERED is the annual conference of the Investigative Journalism for Europe (IJ4EU) programme. Organised by the European Centre for Press and Media Freedom, in partnership with the International Press Institute and European Journalism Centre, #UNCOVERED brings together investigative journalists, funders, policymakers, and civil society members to discuss cross-border investigative journalism. The conference will take place …
In March 2019, the story of Sanne Terlingen, member of research collective Lost in Europe, came out, revealing that sixty Vietnamese children have disappeared from the protective shelter in the Netherlands over the course of five years. This research caused a lot of controversy, and it still does. On 18 January 2021 a documentary about …
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18 December is International Migrant’s Day. 272 million people migrate every year. An estimated 37 million of these are children (source: Unesco). A vulnerable group, thousands of which disappear while traveling in Europe. Mind the Children supports research into these disappearances and raises awareness to the difficult situation of minor migrants. To activate the Dutch …
Lost in Europe, the collective of journalists investigating the disappearance of child migrants, launches its brand new website!
In 2019, almost a thousand Nigerian asylum seekers disappeared without a trace from Dutch reception centers: an explosive increase. There are many signs of human trafficking and even baby trafficking is a serious scenario.
Migrants often hide in cargo trucks, among them minors who escaped and are trafficked across Europe.
Journalists of Lost in Europe investigate the disappearance of child migrants.
