Missing Children Europe
@missingchildreneu.bsky.social
The European federation for missing and sexually exploited children representing 33 NGOs and active in 28 countries in Europe 🧩
📍 Brussels, Belgium -🔗 https://missingchildreneurope.eu/
📍 Brussels, Belgium -🔗 https://missingchildreneurope.eu/
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🎥 Yesterday was a landmark moment for #MissingChildren — this is what we did.
EU policymakers, Commission officials, and civil society orgs came together to spell out "116 000" with hundreds of children's shoes — the hotline for missing children across Europe.
Full video on Monday!
EU policymakers, Commission officials, and civil society orgs came together to spell out "116 000" with hundreds of children's shoes — the hotline for missing children across Europe.
Full video on Monday!
💡 The DATA MISSING final report is now available in French, Dutch, and Lithuanian!
The culmination of two years, this reports contains recommendations on how to improve data collection practices on missing children across the EU.
Check them out here: missingchildreneurope.eu/data-missing/
The culmination of two years, this reports contains recommendations on how to improve data collection practices on missing children across the EU.
Check them out here: missingchildreneurope.eu/data-missing/
DATA MISSING - Missing Children Europe
missingchildreneurope.eu
September 15, 2025 at 1:31 PM
💡 The DATA MISSING final report is now available in French, Dutch, and Lithuanian!
The culmination of two years, this reports contains recommendations on how to improve data collection practices on missing children across the EU.
Check them out here: missingchildreneurope.eu/data-missing/
The culmination of two years, this reports contains recommendations on how to improve data collection practices on missing children across the EU.
Check them out here: missingchildreneurope.eu/data-missing/
Today, @missingchildreneu.bsky.social and partners met with Commissioner @magnusbrunner.bsky.social to urge the EU to act on the online child sexual abuse crisis that can also put children at risk of going missing.
It’s time for EU Member States to protect children and uphold their rights. 🤝
It’s time for EU Member States to protect children and uphold their rights. 🤝
September 4, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Today, @missingchildreneu.bsky.social and partners met with Commissioner @magnusbrunner.bsky.social to urge the EU to act on the online child sexual abuse crisis that can also put children at risk of going missing.
It’s time for EU Member States to protect children and uphold their rights. 🤝
It’s time for EU Member States to protect children and uphold their rights. 🤝
When a child goes missing, every second counts.
That’s why we work to ensure the 116 000📞 hotline is available, a lifeline for children at risk and their families.
→ Free and confidential support
→ Psychological assistance
→ Legal guidance
→ Administrative help
That’s why we work to ensure the 116 000📞 hotline is available, a lifeline for children at risk and their families.
→ Free and confidential support
→ Psychological assistance
→ Legal guidance
→ Administrative help
September 2, 2025 at 8:16 AM
When a child goes missing, every second counts.
That’s why we work to ensure the 116 000📞 hotline is available, a lifeline for children at risk and their families.
→ Free and confidential support
→ Psychological assistance
→ Legal guidance
→ Administrative help
That’s why we work to ensure the 116 000📞 hotline is available, a lifeline for children at risk and their families.
→ Free and confidential support
→ Psychological assistance
→ Legal guidance
→ Administrative help
🎨 This week, museums across Europe have joined us in displaying children’s art to raise awareness on international parental abductions
That’s when a child is taken abroad by a parent - without consent of a judge, or the other parent
🔗 Learn more at findinghome.world
That’s when a child is taken abroad by a parent - without consent of a judge, or the other parent
🔗 Learn more at findinghome.world
August 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
🎨 This week, museums across Europe have joined us in displaying children’s art to raise awareness on international parental abductions
That’s when a child is taken abroad by a parent - without consent of a judge, or the other parent
🔗 Learn more at findinghome.world
That’s when a child is taken abroad by a parent - without consent of a judge, or the other parent
🔗 Learn more at findinghome.world
Every 2 minutes, a child goes missing in Europe, that’s 250,000 cases a year.
Yet data collection is inconsistent and fragmented. Our #DATAMISSING project reveals alarming gaps and calls for harmonised, annual EU-wide stats.
📄 missingchildreneurope.eu/data-missing/
Yet data collection is inconsistent and fragmented. Our #DATAMISSING project reveals alarming gaps and calls for harmonised, annual EU-wide stats.
📄 missingchildreneurope.eu/data-missing/
August 19, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Every 2 minutes, a child goes missing in Europe, that’s 250,000 cases a year.
Yet data collection is inconsistent and fragmented. Our #DATAMISSING project reveals alarming gaps and calls for harmonised, annual EU-wide stats.
📄 missingchildreneurope.eu/data-missing/
Yet data collection is inconsistent and fragmented. Our #DATAMISSING project reveals alarming gaps and calls for harmonised, annual EU-wide stats.
📄 missingchildreneurope.eu/data-missing/
Summer sees a rise in international parental abduction cases.
Through the #FindingHome project, we're raising awareness and fighting to bring children back home.
💛 Please consider donating today to help bring children back home: missingchildreneurope.eu/donate/
Through the #FindingHome project, we're raising awareness and fighting to bring children back home.
💛 Please consider donating today to help bring children back home: missingchildreneurope.eu/donate/
August 14, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Summer sees a rise in international parental abduction cases.
Through the #FindingHome project, we're raising awareness and fighting to bring children back home.
💛 Please consider donating today to help bring children back home: missingchildreneurope.eu/donate/
Through the #FindingHome project, we're raising awareness and fighting to bring children back home.
💛 Please consider donating today to help bring children back home: missingchildreneurope.eu/donate/
Today, on #InternationalYouthDay🌍, we celebrate the unique role that young people play in shaping our world.
Every young person deserves to be who they are without fear of discrimination, especially during adolescence, a crucial time for growth and expression ↓↓
Every young person deserves to be who they are without fear of discrimination, especially during adolescence, a crucial time for growth and expression ↓↓
August 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Today, on #InternationalYouthDay🌍, we celebrate the unique role that young people play in shaping our world.
Every young person deserves to be who they are without fear of discrimination, especially during adolescence, a crucial time for growth and expression ↓↓
Every young person deserves to be who they are without fear of discrimination, especially during adolescence, a crucial time for growth and expression ↓↓
𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 → 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 → 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠
On #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking, we’re raising awareness about an often overlooked link - when children in vulnerable situations go missing, they face a higher risk of being targeted by traffickers🧵
On #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking, we’re raising awareness about an often overlooked link - when children in vulnerable situations go missing, they face a higher risk of being targeted by traffickers🧵
July 30, 2025 at 8:58 AM
𝐕𝐮𝐥𝐧𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 → 𝐌𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 → 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠
On #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking, we’re raising awareness about an often overlooked link - when children in vulnerable situations go missing, they face a higher risk of being targeted by traffickers🧵
On #WorldDayAgainstTrafficking, we’re raising awareness about an often overlooked link - when children in vulnerable situations go missing, they face a higher risk of being targeted by traffickers🧵
Support #LGBTIQ+ youth under 18 facing (or at risk of) homelessness! 🏳️🌈
📋 2 anonymous, multilingual surveys:
1️⃣ For LGBTIQ+ youth (18–29) who left home before 18
2️⃣ For EU practitioners/service providers
🕐 Take 5 mins: www.iglyo.org/projects/yqa...
📋 2 anonymous, multilingual surveys:
1️⃣ For LGBTIQ+ youth (18–29) who left home before 18
2️⃣ For EU practitioners/service providers
🕐 Take 5 mins: www.iglyo.org/projects/yqa...
July 23, 2025 at 10:46 AM
Support #LGBTIQ+ youth under 18 facing (or at risk of) homelessness! 🏳️🌈
📋 2 anonymous, multilingual surveys:
1️⃣ For LGBTIQ+ youth (18–29) who left home before 18
2️⃣ For EU practitioners/service providers
🕐 Take 5 mins: www.iglyo.org/projects/yqa...
📋 2 anonymous, multilingual surveys:
1️⃣ For LGBTIQ+ youth (18–29) who left home before 18
2️⃣ For EU practitioners/service providers
🕐 Take 5 mins: www.iglyo.org/projects/yqa...
❗ It sounds like a no-brainer, but young people should have a voice in solving the problems that affect them.
With YoU Decide, we’re working with—not for—displaced youth from Ukraine to co-create solutions as they navigate life in a new country.
🔗https://missingchildreneurope.eu/youdecide/
With YoU Decide, we’re working with—not for—displaced youth from Ukraine to co-create solutions as they navigate life in a new country.
🔗https://missingchildreneurope.eu/youdecide/
July 18, 2025 at 7:49 AM
❗ It sounds like a no-brainer, but young people should have a voice in solving the problems that affect them.
With YoU Decide, we’re working with—not for—displaced youth from Ukraine to co-create solutions as they navigate life in a new country.
🔗https://missingchildreneurope.eu/youdecide/
With YoU Decide, we’re working with—not for—displaced youth from Ukraine to co-create solutions as they navigate life in a new country.
🔗https://missingchildreneurope.eu/youdecide/
🎉 We're happy to announce that our 2024 Annual Review is now live! But also, different?
Last year was hugely impactful for @missingchildreneu.bsky.social. From launching our first-ever Youth Board, to impactful advocacy across European Institutions - 2024 was a year of action ↓↓↓
Last year was hugely impactful for @missingchildreneu.bsky.social. From launching our first-ever Youth Board, to impactful advocacy across European Institutions - 2024 was a year of action ↓↓↓
July 10, 2025 at 1:25 PM
🎉 We're happy to announce that our 2024 Annual Review is now live! But also, different?
Last year was hugely impactful for @missingchildreneu.bsky.social. From launching our first-ever Youth Board, to impactful advocacy across European Institutions - 2024 was a year of action ↓↓↓
Last year was hugely impactful for @missingchildreneu.bsky.social. From launching our first-ever Youth Board, to impactful advocacy across European Institutions - 2024 was a year of action ↓↓↓
Yesterday, the team at @missingchildreneu.bsky.social came together for a team-building day to explore how inclusive communication shapes our work in child rights. And, as we are in Belgium, we closed the day with a chocolate tasting! 🍫🧩
July 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Yesterday, the team at @missingchildreneu.bsky.social came together for a team-building day to explore how inclusive communication shapes our work in child rights. And, as we are in Belgium, we closed the day with a chocolate tasting! 🍫🧩
⚠️Over 50,000 unaccompanied minors went missing in Europe between 2021 and 2023.
Our new #PolicyBrief warns of rising risks for unaccompanied minors as the EU Pact on #Migration and #Asylum moves forward. Read the brief: shorturl.at/NWjfd
Our new #PolicyBrief warns of rising risks for unaccompanied minors as the EU Pact on #Migration and #Asylum moves forward. Read the brief: shorturl.at/NWjfd
June 26, 2025 at 8:52 AM
⚠️Over 50,000 unaccompanied minors went missing in Europe between 2021 and 2023.
Our new #PolicyBrief warns of rising risks for unaccompanied minors as the EU Pact on #Migration and #Asylum moves forward. Read the brief: shorturl.at/NWjfd
Our new #PolicyBrief warns of rising risks for unaccompanied minors as the EU Pact on #Migration and #Asylum moves forward. Read the brief: shorturl.at/NWjfd
Missing Children Europe at the @euasylumagency.bsky.social #StateOfAsylum Conference ↓
Our Sr Programmes Officer Alyona Samar attended the EUAA first-ever flagship conference, a key moment as the EU prepares to implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum🧵
Our Sr Programmes Officer Alyona Samar attended the EUAA first-ever flagship conference, a key moment as the EU prepares to implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum🧵
June 25, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Missing Children Europe at the @euasylumagency.bsky.social #StateOfAsylum Conference ↓
Our Sr Programmes Officer Alyona Samar attended the EUAA first-ever flagship conference, a key moment as the EU prepares to implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum🧵
Our Sr Programmes Officer Alyona Samar attended the EUAA first-ever flagship conference, a key moment as the EU prepares to implement the Pact on Migration and Asylum🧵
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Our joint letter urging the EU to adopt standardised DSA risk assessments to safeguard children online on Politico Morning Tech.
Together with 24 NGOs & 5 MEPs we call for transparency, clear benchmarks & meaningful consultation with children & civil society ✉️ 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Together with 24 NGOs & 5 MEPs we call for transparency, clear benchmarks & meaningful consultation with children & civil society ✉️ 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
June 19, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Our joint letter urging the EU to adopt standardised DSA risk assessments to safeguard children online on Politico Morning Tech.
Together with 24 NGOs & 5 MEPs we call for transparency, clear benchmarks & meaningful consultation with children & civil society ✉️ 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Together with 24 NGOs & 5 MEPs we call for transparency, clear benchmarks & meaningful consultation with children & civil society ✉️ 5rightsfoundation.com/resource/joi...
Reposted by Missing Children Europe
Protect children, protect Europe – fund the fight against child poverty ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊
The EU Alliance for #InvestinginChildren is urging @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu to make ending child poverty a core priority in the next #EUbudget.
The EU Alliance for #InvestinginChildren is urging @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu to make ending child poverty a core priority in the next #EUbudget.
June 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Protect children, protect Europe – fund the fight against child poverty ✊🏼✊🏿✊🏽✊
The EU Alliance for #InvestinginChildren is urging @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu to make ending child poverty a core priority in the next #EUbudget.
The EU Alliance for #InvestinginChildren is urging @vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu @president.europarl.europa.eu @eucopresident.consilium.europa.eu to make ending child poverty a core priority in the next #EUbudget.
✨ Updates from our #YouthBoard!
In Sept 2024, we @missingchildreneu.bsky.social launched a dedicated Youth Board of 5 young people from across Europe to shape our work.
In Sept 2024, we @missingchildreneu.bsky.social launched a dedicated Youth Board of 5 young people from across Europe to shape our work.
June 19, 2025 at 10:01 AM
✨ Updates from our #YouthBoard!
In Sept 2024, we @missingchildreneu.bsky.social launched a dedicated Youth Board of 5 young people from across Europe to shape our work.
In Sept 2024, we @missingchildreneu.bsky.social launched a dedicated Youth Board of 5 young people from across Europe to shape our work.
Last week at our Annual Conference in Poland, our Secretary General Aagje Ieven spoke on teenagers who run away — a growing issue across Europe 🧵
June 18, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Last week at our Annual Conference in Poland, our Secretary General Aagje Ieven spoke on teenagers who run away — a growing issue across Europe 🧵
Big win! The @europarl.europa.eu has raised the bar in the fight against child sexual abuse by saying:
⮕AI-generated child sexual abuse should be criminalised
⮕Online abuse is as serious a crime as offline
Time for Member States to step up.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
⮕AI-generated child sexual abuse should be criminalised
⮕Online abuse is as serious a crime as offline
Time for Member States to step up.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
Fight against child sexual abuse: updated rules to address new technologies | News | European Parliament
On Tuesday, Parliament adopted its position on draft legislation to improve EU countries’ capacity to fight child sexual abuse effectively.
www.europarl.europa.eu
June 17, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Big win! The @europarl.europa.eu has raised the bar in the fight against child sexual abuse by saying:
⮕AI-generated child sexual abuse should be criminalised
⮕Online abuse is as serious a crime as offline
Time for Member States to step up.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
⮕AI-generated child sexual abuse should be criminalised
⮕Online abuse is as serious a crime as offline
Time for Member States to step up.
www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/pres...
24 hours to go!
Tomorrow, the European Parliament could make history by setting a new standard for EU law to tackle child sexual violence.
We call on MEPs to vote YES to the proposal on the Directive to #EndChildSexualAbuse.
Tomorrow, the European Parliament could make history by setting a new standard for EU law to tackle child sexual violence.
We call on MEPs to vote YES to the proposal on the Directive to #EndChildSexualAbuse.
June 16, 2025 at 10:21 AM
24 hours to go!
Tomorrow, the European Parliament could make history by setting a new standard for EU law to tackle child sexual violence.
We call on MEPs to vote YES to the proposal on the Directive to #EndChildSexualAbuse.
Tomorrow, the European Parliament could make history by setting a new standard for EU law to tackle child sexual violence.
We call on MEPs to vote YES to the proposal on the Directive to #EndChildSexualAbuse.
🔍 NEW REPORT: An estimated 250,000 children go missing in Europe each year — but there's no EU-wide system to track them.
The #DATAMISSING report reveals critical gaps in national data systems.
→ Read the full report: missingchildreneurope.eu/europe-faces...
The #DATAMISSING report reveals critical gaps in national data systems.
→ Read the full report: missingchildreneurope.eu/europe-faces...
Europe faces alarming gaps in data collection on missing children - Missing Children Europe
Over 70 child rights advocates, EU policymakers, law enforcement officers and frontline workers gathered in the heart of the EU for one reason – to improve data collection on children who go missing a...
missingchildreneurope.eu
June 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
🔍 NEW REPORT: An estimated 250,000 children go missing in Europe each year — but there's no EU-wide system to track them.
The #DATAMISSING report reveals critical gaps in national data systems.
→ Read the full report: missingchildreneurope.eu/europe-faces...
The #DATAMISSING report reveals critical gaps in national data systems.
→ Read the full report: missingchildreneurope.eu/europe-faces...
Last week, we hosted a Belgian stakeholder meeting at
@missingchildreneu.bsky.social headquarters for the #EUfunded #SafeBorders project.
Excited to see how this project continues to grow and enhance child protection systems across Europe! Learn more: shorturl.at/NqB7e
@missingchildreneu.bsky.social headquarters for the #EUfunded #SafeBorders project.
Excited to see how this project continues to grow and enhance child protection systems across Europe! Learn more: shorturl.at/NqB7e
May 30, 2025 at 11:06 AM
Last week, we hosted a Belgian stakeholder meeting at
@missingchildreneu.bsky.social headquarters for the #EUfunded #SafeBorders project.
Excited to see how this project continues to grow and enhance child protection systems across Europe! Learn more: shorturl.at/NqB7e
@missingchildreneu.bsky.social headquarters for the #EUfunded #SafeBorders project.
Excited to see how this project continues to grow and enhance child protection systems across Europe! Learn more: shorturl.at/NqB7e
“For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn.”
Each pair of shoes tells a story – Last week, we @missingchildreneu.bsky.social laid out over 1,000 shoes in front of @europarl.europa.eu to raise awareness of #MissingChildren and the 116 000 hotline.
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ED...
Each pair of shoes tells a story – Last week, we @missingchildreneu.bsky.social laid out over 1,000 shoes in front of @europarl.europa.eu to raise awareness of #MissingChildren and the 116 000 hotline.
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ED...
International Missing Children’s Day 2025 - Missing Children Europe
YouTube video by Missing Children Europe
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May 28, 2025 at 3:55 PM
“For Sale: Baby Shoes, Never Worn.”
Each pair of shoes tells a story – Last week, we @missingchildreneu.bsky.social laid out over 1,000 shoes in front of @europarl.europa.eu to raise awareness of #MissingChildren and the 116 000 hotline.
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ED...
Each pair of shoes tells a story – Last week, we @missingchildreneu.bsky.social laid out over 1,000 shoes in front of @europarl.europa.eu to raise awareness of #MissingChildren and the 116 000 hotline.
📹 www.youtube.com/watch?v=54ED...
🎥 Yesterday was a landmark moment for #MissingChildren — this is what we did.
EU policymakers, Commission officials, and civil society orgs came together to spell out "116 000" with hundreds of children's shoes — the hotline for missing children across Europe.
Full video on Monday!
EU policymakers, Commission officials, and civil society orgs came together to spell out "116 000" with hundreds of children's shoes — the hotline for missing children across Europe.
Full video on Monday!
May 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🎥 Yesterday was a landmark moment for #MissingChildren — this is what we did.
EU policymakers, Commission officials, and civil society orgs came together to spell out "116 000" with hundreds of children's shoes — the hotline for missing children across Europe.
Full video on Monday!
EU policymakers, Commission officials, and civil society orgs came together to spell out "116 000" with hundreds of children's shoes — the hotline for missing children across Europe.
Full video on Monday!
On Thursday, May 22nd, we'll be observing International Missing Children’s Day in the heart of Europe with a powerful, emotional action – and we want you to be part of it! 🩵
🕗 Action starts at 12:45pm CET
🕗 Action starts at 12:45pm CET
May 20, 2025 at 8:06 AM
On Thursday, May 22nd, we'll be observing International Missing Children’s Day in the heart of Europe with a powerful, emotional action – and we want you to be part of it! 🩵
🕗 Action starts at 12:45pm CET
🕗 Action starts at 12:45pm CET