'Dutch government was aware Vietnamese children were being trafficked'
4 years, 10 months ago

'Dutch government was aware Vietnamese children were being trafficked'

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has known for more than five years that Vietnamese children are disappearing from specialist refugee centres, investigative journalism programme Argos said on Monday. Over the past five years, at least 60 Vietnamese children have vanished without trace from the protected housing where they lived because of fears they were at risk of being trafficked. ‘This is a group with a 100% unknown destination disappearance rate,’ the Jade Zorggroep organisation said in a report to the central refugee settlement agency COA, after all the Vietnamese youngsters in its care vanished. ‘Two of the girls had sexy lingerie in their suitcases and they dyed their hair before they left.’ Last April the justice ministry agreed to a full investigation after it emerged over 1,000 refugee children, mostly teenagers, disappeared from protected refugee centres in the Netherlands between 2013 and 2017.

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UK govt says scores of child asylum-seekers are missing
1 year, 11 months ago

UK govt says scores of child asylum-seekers are missing

Associated Press  

LONDON — Opposition parties and children’s advocates accused the U.K. government on Tuesday of putting vulnerable young people in danger, after authorities said scores of children who arrived in Britain as asylum-seekers have disappeared. Labour Party lawmaker Peter Kyle said 76 children had vanished from a hotel in the south coast seaside town of Brighton, one of several around the …

38 of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in a truck in 2019 were registered in NL
2 years, 1 month ago

38 of 39 Vietnamese migrants who suffocated in a truck in 2019 were registered in NL

NL Times  

All but one of the 39 Vietnamese people who died in a refrigerated truck while being smuggled from Belgium to the United Kingdom in 2019 were registered in the Netherlands. According to Argos, the report shows that the Dutch authorities had taken fingerprints and registered 38 of the 39 people who died by suffocation while in the truck. According to …

Trafficking fears as hundreds of Nigerian refugees, some pregnant, vanish
4 years, 7 months ago

Trafficking fears as hundreds of Nigerian refugees, some pregnant, vanish

Dutch News  

Almost 1,000 Nigerian refugees disappeared from Dutch asylum centres last year, and there are serious indications many of them have been trafficked, according to an investigation by radio programme Argos. The figures, obtained from the refugee settlement agency COA using freedom of information legislation, show pregnant women are among those who vanished, Argos said. While some are sent back to …

Trafficking fears as hundreds of Nigerian refugees, some pregnant, vanish
4 years, 7 months ago

Trafficking fears as hundreds of Nigerian refugees, some pregnant, vanish

Dutch News  

Almost 1,000 Nigerian refugees disappeared from Dutch asylum centres last year, and there are serious indications many of them have been trafficked, according to an investigation by radio programme Argos. The figures, obtained from the refugee settlement agency COA using freedom of information legislation, show pregnant women are among those who vanished, Argos said. While some are sent back to …

Trafficking watchdog slams government over child refugee vanishings
4 years, 9 months ago

Trafficking watchdog slams government over child refugee vanishings

Dutch News  

The Dutch government must do more to stop Vietnamese children disappearing from special accommodation for refugee children without parents, Herman Bolhaar, the national rapporteur on human trafficking, said on Thursday. New research shows 97% of the children vanish from their places of safety and this confirms suspicions that many of them end up in the hands of human traffickers, Bolhaar …

Trafficking watchdog slams government over child refugee vanishings
4 years, 9 months ago

Trafficking watchdog slams government over child refugee vanishings

Dutch News  

The Dutch government must do more to stop Vietnamese children disappearing from special accommodation for refugee children without parents, Herman Bolhaar, the national rapporteur on human trafficking, said on Thursday. New research shows 97% of the children vanish from their places of safety and this confirms suspicions that many of them end up in the hands of human traffickers, Bolhaar …

'Dutch government was aware Vietnamese children were being trafficked'
4 years, 10 months ago

'Dutch government was aware Vietnamese children were being trafficked'

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has known for more than five years that Vietnamese children are disappearing from specialist refugee centres, investigative journalism programme Argos said on Monday. Over the past five years, at least 60 Vietnamese children have vanished without trace from the protected housing where they lived because of fears they were at risk of being trafficked. ‘This is a …

Dozens of pregnant women disappear from Dutch refugee centres
4 years, 10 months ago

Dozens of pregnant women disappear from Dutch refugee centres

Dutch News  

At least 25 pregnant women from different African countries disappeared from Dutch refugee centres in November and December, according to radio current affairs show Argos. The programme bases its claims on an alert issued by Dutch human trafficking centre EMM to midwives in January, and police have confirmed the disappearances, Argos said. Network Disappearances from refugee centres are a major …

Dozens of pregnant women disappear from Dutch refugee centres
4 years, 10 months ago

Dozens of pregnant women disappear from Dutch refugee centres

Dutch News  

At least 25 pregnant women from different African countries disappeared from Dutch refugee centres in November and December, according to radio current affairs show Argos. The programme bases its claims on an alert issued by Dutch human trafficking centre EMM to midwives in January, and police have confirmed the disappearances, Argos said. Network Disappearances from refugee centres are a major …

Over 2,500 kids disappeared from asylum centers in 10 years
4 years, 11 months ago

Over 2,500 kids disappeared from asylum centers in 10 years

NL Times  

Over the past decade, more than 2,500 children disappeared from asylum centers in the Netherlands, NRC reports based on figures from the Central agency for the reception of asylum seekers COA and guardianship institution Nidos. "Part of them maybe traveled to relatives elsewhere in the Netherlands or Europe, but it is also possible that children were picked up by a …

Vietnamese boy who died in British lorry had run away from Dutch refugee unit
5 years, 1 month ago

Vietnamese boy who died in British lorry had run away from Dutch refugee unit

Dutch News  

One of the young teenagers who died in a refrigerated lorry in England last month had run away from a secure unit for vulnerable refugees in the Netherlands, the AD has reported In total, 39 people, all Vietnamese, died in the lorry which was found in an industrial area in Essex. ­­ The AD reported earlier that six Vietnamese youngsters …

Vietnamese boy who died in British lorry had run away from Dutch refugee unit
5 years, 1 month ago

Vietnamese boy who died in British lorry had run away from Dutch refugee unit

Dutch News  

One of the young teenagers who died in a refrigerated lorry in England last month had run away from a secure unit for vulnerable refugees in the Netherlands, the AD has reported In total, 39 people, all Vietnamese, died in the lorry which was found in an industrial area in Essex. ­­ The AD reported earlier that six Vietnamese youngsters …

1,600 children missing from Dutch asylum shelters: report
5 years, 7 months ago

1,600 children missing from Dutch asylum shelters: report

NL Times  

Over 1,600 children disappeared from asylum centers in the Netherlands over the past 4.5 years, NRC reports based on figures from the central agency for the reception of asylum seekers COA and Nidos, the organization that has custody of all unaccompanied foreign minors in the Netherlands. Earlier this year the National Rapporteur on Human Trafficking Herman Bolhaar called on the …

Over 1,000 refugee children vanish from Dutch centres in five years
5 years, 9 months ago

Over 1,000 refugee children vanish from Dutch centres in five years

Dutch News  

MPs have called for a full investigation after it emerged over 1,000 refugee children, mostly teenagers disappeared from protected refugee centres in the Netherlands between 2013 and 2017. Over the past five years, at least 60 Vietnamese children have vanished without trace from the protected housing where they lived because of fears they were at risk of being trafficked, Argos …

Over 1,000 refugee children vanish from Dutch centres in five years
5 years, 9 months ago

Over 1,000 refugee children vanish from Dutch centres in five years

Dutch News  

MPs have called for a full investigation after it emerged over 1,000 refugee children, mostly teenagers disappeared from protected refugee centres in the Netherlands between 2013 and 2017. Over the past five years, at least 60 Vietnamese children have vanished without trace from the protected housing where they lived because of fears they were at risk of being trafficked, Argos …

Dutch kids increasingly left abroad by parents: report
5 years, 11 months ago

Dutch kids increasingly left abroad by parents: report

NL Times  

The number of Dutch children left in a foreign country against their will by their parents, increased over the past years. In 2015 the national hotline for forced marriages and abandonment LKHA received 23 reports of kids abandoned abroad. The organization estimates that between 170 and 800 children are left abroad by their parents each year. According to a study …

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