Since 2018, at least 440 children have died trying to reach Europe and apply for asylum there. This is evident from data released today – on World Refugee Day – by UNITED Against Refugee Deaths, and analyzed by Lost in Europe. Most of the children have died trying to reach the mainland of Europe from …
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This International Missing Children’s Day (25 May) Mind the Children raises attention to the pressing issue of thousands of migrant children that go missing in Europe every year. We do that with a special episode of Free Press Unlimited’s Studio Free Press Matters on Mind the Children and an interview with Aagje Ieven, Secretary General …
Lost in Europe revealed in its latest data research that at least 18,292 children in migration have gone missing in Europe between 2018-2020. This International Missing Children’s Day Mind the Children raises attention to this pressing issue. We talk about it with Aagje Ieven, Secretary General of Missing Children Europe, one of the organisations that …
More than 18,000 migrant children go missing in Europe. “This is a story of humanity” Read More »
Lost in Europe is researching suicides and suicide attempts among refugee children and young people in the Netherlands and Germany. Now the first publication by investigative journalist and Lost in Europe member Qali Nur has been released. This one focuses on the Netherlands. The article was published on Dutch medium VPRO Argos, and talks about …
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“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 …
