Running away is often seen as “problem behaviour”, but if you would “listen to us, you would know that running away, is a way for us to deal with problems that need addressing”, runaways say. 

Today marks the beginning of International Mediation Week where Missing Children Europe and members will highlight the request of children across Europe to their parents to work towards agreements when they separate, through the #HearMeOut campaign.

We urge all Members of the European Parliament to support the proposal, so that a long-term solution can be developed, while ending the trauma now and protecting children from grooming and child victims of sexual abuse from revictimization through the endless reproduction and distribution of material documenting their abuse.

To mark the third NotFound day, Missing Children Europe and members, launches the revamped NotFound.org website and challenges you to take part in the #NotFoundPledge which aims to encourage schools, organisations, as well as the general public to spread the word about the ingenious application. 

Today Missing Children Europe launches several translations of the “Practical guidance on preventing and responding to trafficking and disappearances of children in migration” (Interact Handbook). This Handbook, originally published in English in December 2019, is now available in Dutch, French, Greek and Italian.

We’re pleased to announce the release of the song Brutal Lottery, by Wyvern Lingo. The song is available to download on Bandcamp and all the proceeds will go to funding Missing Children Europe’s annual Lost and Migration event for 2020, which will be organised by young migrants themselves. Congratulations Wyvern Lingo - and thank you for donating.

Become a Social Sensor and help find missing children near you - download the ChildRescue app in stores now! Missing Children Europe is pleased to announce the launch of the ChildRescue app, an innovative application in Belgium and Greece calling for the public to download the app on their smartphones and to contribute to finding missing children in Europe.

Missing Children Europe (MCE) wants every child to be respected and believes that children should provide their valuable contribution on all issues that directly concern them. 

This International Missing Children's day, we launch our two annual reports, Figures and Trends and Annual Review 2019, and encourage EU Institutions, Member States, foundations, and individuals to support hotline services during these challenging times of the pandemic.

Missing Children Europe and its partners want to radically improve the ways that professionals cooperate across borders in their response to missing and trafficked children in migration. 

To create a more welcoming society for all children, we must look at the way each of us talks about migration and the children affected by it. 

With this global week, we aim to promote the importance of family mediation in parental abduction cases, which provides a successful solution in child abduction cases. Unfortunately, mediation still remains a solution that is not sufficiently used in Europe.