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On World Day Against Human Trafficking, we pay attention to the role of investigative journalism in the fight against human trafficking. What abuses and loopholes in the system do investigative journalists uncover? What are the challenges? We talk to Sanne Terlingen and Monica Lam, investigative journalists from Lost in Europe. Lost in Europe is a investigative collective where …

Investigative journalism into human trafficking: the insights and challenges Read More »

Because of suspicions of false declarations the Dutch former State Secretary of Justice and Security adjusted the temporary residence permit for human trafficking victims in 2019. Research by Lost in Europe now shows that this adjustment is unfounded. “The claim that there are many false declarations among human trafficking victims in The Netherlands is not …

Netherlands sends human-trafficking victims back to Italy Read More »

Thousands of children disappear in Europe every year. Mind the Children – on the move in Europe supports Lost in Europe in cross-border research into disappearances of migrant children, with funding from the National Postcode Lottery. After the opening in Bussel, an exhibition about Lost in Europe’s research travels across Europe. In 2019, National Geographic …

Exhibition Lost in Europe travels around Europe Read More »

For this year’s International Migrant’s Day Mind the Children produced a Dutch podcast to involve the Dutch public into the issues surrounding minor migrants and refugees that disappear in Europe. Every year thousands of migrant and refugee children disappear in Europe. How can this happen? Who is responsible? And how can these children and young …

Diving into Mind the Children’s mission in Dutch podcast for International Migrant’s Day Read More »

Every year child migrants disappear in Europe, of which many fall victim to human trafficking. The portrayal of migrants in the news is often negative, but behind it are great strength and potential. This International Migrant’s Day, Mind the Children puts emphasis on shining a light on the strength of young people who migrate, and …

Malaika Oringo: “When telling survivors’ stories, choose humanity first and the story second” Read More »

Thousands of migrant children have gone missing after arriving in Europe. Lost in Europe aims to uncover the stories of these child migrants that get ‘lost’ after arriving in Europe. Now, the collective is opening an exhibition that illustrates what child migrants experience on their way. The missing children are feared to have fallen into …

The Lost in Europe exhibition opens in Brussels! Read More »

Lost in Europe is nominated for its productions in two categories: ‘Radio Current Affairs’ and ‘TV Current Affairs’ by Prix Europa. The awards will be presented on 10-15 October 2021. In March 2019, Sanne Terlingen, member of research collective Lost in Europe, published a story that revealed that sixty Vietnamese children disappeared from the protective …

Prix Europa nominates two Lost in Europe stories Read More »

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 …

World Refugee Day: at least 440 children died while attempting to reach Europe Read More »

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 …

International Missing Children’s Day: talkshow and interview around missing children in migration Read More »

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 »