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Child trafficking & sex exploitation
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'Hundreds' of trafficked children missing
Tue, 15 Nov 2016 - Trafficked children and young asylum seekers are going missing at an alarming rate, charities say.
Almost 600 children disappeared last year, with more than 200 still missing, ECPAT UK and Missing People said. The charities called on the UK government and local authorities to reform the child protection system.
Woman holding hands with two children
The Department for Education said it had commissioned "specialist training" for those caring for the children. The two charities collected the latest annual figures provided to them by more than 200 local authorities across the UK.
'National disgrace'
The study, which will be presented in parliament later, found 167 children - more than a quarter of all trafficked children in the UK care system - went missing at least once in the 12 months to September 2015. It found some 593 unaccompanied children in the UK - 13% of the total number - also disappeared at least once.
Of those, 207 trafficked and unaccompanied children have not been found. Charities say the figures reveal a "deeply concerning" inconsistency in identifying and recording information on vulnerable children. They say the figures suggest the UK's child protection response was "inadequate" and the system has left children vulnerable to being trafficked again and open to abuse.
The report also found:
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