UK Lost 400 children may have been trafficked into sex or drugs trade

19 Apr 2008 |

‘The Guardian’ obtained figures which reveals the missing of more than 400 foreign children from local authority care, from safe houses and foster homes around the UK’s biggest ports and airports. These children are know as unaccompanied asylum seekers and the child protection campaigners, as ECPAT UK, believe that most of them have been trafficked.

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The Guardian (23 April): “Saved from child traffickers, but not for long”

Source : The Guardian