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 said. In one case, a 17-year-old Vietnamese boy managed to seek the help of British police after being brought into the country from a refugee centre in the south of the Netherlands, the Observer said. The Observer said internal emails from the Dutch refugee agency COA and the police show the lengths children will go to escape from the protected shelters, of which there are two in the Netherlands.

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Over 50,000 children disappeared from refugee centres, 850 in NL
8 months, 1 week ago

Over 50,000 children disappeared from refugee centres, 850 in NL

Dutch News  

Over 50,000 unaccompanied child refugees have gone missing from asylum seekers centres across Europe over the last three years, 850 of whom disappeared while in the care of the Dutch authorities, an investigation by journalism collective Lost in Europe has shown. Last year alone, at least 360 teenagers went missing from the Ter Apel refugee reception centre. “The real number …

UK government reveals number of times asylum-seeking children have gone missing from Home Office hotels
1 year, 11 months ago

UK government reveals number of times asylum-seeking children have gone missing from Home Office hotels

The Independent  

Asylum-seeking children have gone missing from Home Office hotels more than 400 times since July 2021, a minister has admitted. More than 4,600 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children have been housed in hotels since July 2021, but 440 have gone missing during that time, Mr Jenrick revealed. open image in gallery Minister Robert Jenrick told the Commons 200 children are still missing …

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 …

58 children abducted by a parent during summer vacation; Most to Turkey, Poland
2 years, 2 months ago

58 children abducted by a parent during summer vacation; Most to Turkey, Poland

NL Times  

During this year’s summer holidays, 58 children were kidnapped by one of their parents and taken across the Dutch border. Forty of them were abducted in the Netherlands and taken abroad, and the other 18 were brought into the Netherlands from another country, the Center for International Child Abduction reported Friday. Of the 40 children abducted in the Netherlands, twelve …

100 beds found for young refugees, but 1,700 are needed
2 years, 2 months ago

100 beds found for young refugees, but 1,700 are needed

Dutch News  

The Netherlands’ 344 local authorities have come up with just 100 beds for young asylum seekers who arrived in the country without parents, following an appeal in October for 1,700. Without more beds, there is a ‘real risk’ that some youngsters may end up sleeping on the streets, junior justice minister Eric van der Burg warned at the time. Refugee …

100 beds found for young refugees, but 1,700 are needed
2 years, 2 months ago

100 beds found for young refugees, but 1,700 are needed

Dutch News  

The Netherlands’ 344 local authorities have come up with just 100 beds for young asylum seekers who arrived in the country without parents, following an appeal in October for 1,700. Without more beds, there is a ‘real risk’ that some youngsters may end up sleeping on the streets, junior justice minister Eric van der Burg warned at the time. Refugee …

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL
2 years, 3 months ago

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is working on plans to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children from camps in northern Syria, RTL news reported on Wednesday. The Dutch children’s ombudsman and Humans Rights Watch have also urged the Netherlands to bring back its nationals from Syria. In February, the Netherlands brought back five women and 11 children from the Kurdish refugee …

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL
2 years, 3 months ago

The Netherlands to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children: RTL

Dutch News  

The Netherlands is working on plans to bring back 12 jihadi brides and 29 children from camps in northern Syria, RTL news reported on Wednesday. The Dutch children’s ombudsman and Humans Rights Watch have also urged the Netherlands to bring back its nationals from Syria. In February, the Netherlands brought back five women and 11 children from the Kurdish refugee …

150 migrants moved from overcrowded Dutch asylum center
2 years, 4 months ago

150 migrants moved from overcrowded Dutch asylum center

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Authorities moved 150 migrants Thursday …

Almost 50 unaccompanied child migrants have gone missing since arriving in UK
2 years, 6 months ago

Almost 50 unaccompanied child migrants have gone missing since arriving in UK

The Telegraph  

Nearly 50 unaccompanied child migrants have disappeared from hotel accommodation after arriving in the UK amid fears trafficking gangs are exploiting a surge in crossings. Figures show child migrants are going missing from Home Office-approved hotels at alarming rates, fuelling fears that they are being picked up and put to work by the traffickers who brought them to Britain. New …

Refugee agencies sound alarm about Ukrainian teens in NL without parents
2 years, 7 months ago

Refugee agencies sound alarm about Ukrainian teens in NL without parents

Dutch News  

At least 170 Ukrainian youngsters under the age of 18 have fled the war to the Netherlands without their parents, but many are not being registered or given a guardian, refugee group Vluchtelingenwerk and Unicef have told broadcaster NOS. ‘So we would ask everyone to be alert and make sure children are registered with the local council or child services.’ …

Refugee agencies sound alarm about Ukrainian teens in NL without parents
2 years, 7 months ago

Refugee agencies sound alarm about Ukrainian teens in NL without parents

Dutch News  

At least 170 Ukrainian youngsters under the age of 18 have fled the war to the Netherlands without their parents, but many are not being registered or given a guardian, refugee group Vluchtelingenwerk and Unicef have told broadcaster NOS. ‘So we would ask everyone to be alert and make sure children are registered with the local council or child services.’ …

Most unaccompanied child asylum seekers in NL since refugee crisis
3 years, 3 months ago

Most unaccompanied child asylum seekers in NL since refugee crisis

NL Times  

The number of children who came to the Netherlands on their own to seek asylum is at the highest level its been in five years. That is the highest number since the end of the refugee crisis in 2016, when the Netherlands sheltered 967 unaccompanied children, and almost double the 342 children of last year, AD reports based on figures …

Fewer children abducted by a parent, mothers usually the perpetrator
4 years, 3 months ago

Fewer children abducted by a parent, mothers usually the perpetrator

Dutch News  

Fewer child abduction cases have taken place this summer but some 34 children were taken out of the Netherlands by a parent despite – and in some cases thanks to – coronavirus travel restrictions. The number of abductions by parents was the lowest in the last five years, according to figures from the international child abduction centre quoted by RTL …

Take in older Lesbos refugee children too, Unicef official urges the Netherlands
4 years, 3 months ago

Take in older Lesbos refugee children too, Unicef official urges the Netherlands

Dutch News  

Children’s rights organisation Unicef has urged the Netherlands to take in youngsters who are older than 14 from the Greek island of Lesbos, where a massive refugee camp was destroyed by fire. The Netherlands has agreed to take in 100 people from the camp – 50 children under the age of 14 and 50 other ‘vulnerable’ people. Europe has to …

Take in older Lesbos refugee children too, Unicef official urges the Netherlands
4 years, 3 months ago

Take in older Lesbos refugee children too, Unicef official urges the Netherlands

Dutch News  

Children’s rights organisation Unicef has urged the Netherlands to take in youngsters who are older than 14 from the Greek island of Lesbos, where a massive refugee camp was destroyed by fire. The Netherlands has agreed to take in 100 people from the camp – 50 children under the age of 14 and 50 other ‘vulnerable’ people. Europe has 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 …

'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 …

The Netherlands will not bring in refugee children from Greece: PM
4 years, 10 months ago

The Netherlands will not bring in refugee children from Greece: PM

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has no plans to bring refugee children currently living in Greek camps to the Netherlands, despite calls for action by aid groups. Dutch refugee groups have called on local authorities to ‘show leadership and generosity’ by bringing 500 refugee children in Greece without their parents to the Netherlands because they are currently living in terrible conditions. ‘We …

The Netherlands will not bring in refugee children from Greece: PM
4 years, 10 months ago

The Netherlands will not bring in refugee children from Greece: PM

Dutch News  

The Dutch government has no plans to bring refugee children currently living in Greek camps to the Netherlands, despite calls for action by aid groups. Dutch refugee groups have called on local authorities to ‘show leadership and generosity’ by bringing 500 refugee children in Greece without their parents to the Netherlands because they are currently living in terrible conditions. ‘We …

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 …

Dozens of children are rejected as child refugee amnesty runs out
5 years ago

Dozens of children are rejected as child refugee amnesty runs out

Dutch News  

Children’s right’s campaign group Defence for Children fears that dozens of refugee children who have applied to stay in the Netherlands under the 2019 amnesty are being rejected, broadcaster NOS said on Sunday. ‘We have our eye on hundreds of children who have made a request but more than half of them have been rejected, because according to the IND …

Dozens of children are rejected as child refugee amnesty runs out
5 years ago

Dozens of children are rejected as child refugee amnesty runs out

Dutch News  

Children’s right’s campaign group Defence for Children fears that dozens of refugee children who have applied to stay in the Netherlands under the 2019 amnesty are being rejected, broadcaster NOS said on Sunday. ‘We have our eye on hundreds of children who have made a request but more than half of them have been rejected, because according to the IND …

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 …

Netherlands does not have to help kids trapped in Syria: Appellate Court
5 years, 1 month ago

Netherlands does not have to help kids trapped in Syria: Appellate Court

NL Times  

The Netherlands will not have to retrieve children of Dutch citizens awaiting their fates in Syrian detention and displacement camps, the kids of Dutch women who left the Netherlands to enter conflict zones in Syria and Iraq. Attorneys for the Dutch government argued that children cannot be brought to the Netherlands on their own for fear of causing greater problems …

Two Dutch ISIS women, three children escaped Syrian camp, fled to Turkey
5 years, 2 months ago

Two Dutch ISIS women, three children escaped Syrian camp, fled to Turkey

NL Times  

Two Dutch women and three children escaped a Syrian prison camp in Al Hol and reported to the Dutch embassy in the Turkish capital of Ankara with a request to return to the Netherlands, the government said in a letter to parliament on Thursday. "The women and children are currently in Turkish detention, awaiting prosecution and/or deportation by the Turkish …

More asylum seekers come to the Netherlands, refugee centres are full
5 years, 2 months ago

More asylum seekers come to the Netherlands, refugee centres are full

Dutch News  

The number of refugees and their families coming to the Netherlands rose to 1,400 in the third quarter of the year, up around 400 on the April to June period, according to new figures from national statistics agency CBS. In total 5,900 asylum seekers came to the Netherlands between July and September, a rise of 700 on the previous quarter …

More asylum seekers come to the Netherlands, refugee centres are full
5 years, 2 months ago

More asylum seekers come to the Netherlands, refugee centres are full

Dutch News  

The number of refugees and their families coming to the Netherlands rose to 1,400 in the third quarter of the year, up around 400 on the April to June period, according to new figures from national statistics agency CBS. In total 5,900 asylum seekers came to the Netherlands between July and September, a rise of 700 on the previous quarter …

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria
5 years, 5 months ago

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria

Dutch News  

An 11-year-old Dutch girl who was taken by her mother to Syria three years ago has returned to the Netherlands. The Red Cross and Turkish Red Crescent secured the girl’s return from north-western Syria after her father reported she had been kidnapped. An exception was made last month for two orphaned children aged two and four in northern Syria after …

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria
5 years, 5 months ago

Aid organisations bring back 11-year-old Dutch girl from Syria

Dutch News  

An 11-year-old Dutch girl who was taken by her mother to Syria three years ago has returned to the Netherlands. The Red Cross and Turkish Red Crescent secured the girl’s return from north-western Syria after her father reported she had been kidnapped. An exception was made last month for two orphaned children aged two and four in northern Syria after …

Fewer kids abducted in Netherlands
5 years, 5 months ago

Fewer kids abducted in Netherlands

NL Times  

For the first time in four years, the number of children abducted in the Netherlands decreased last year. Most of the children abducted from the Netherlands are taken to Germany, Poland and Belgium, according to the Center. Abducted children brought to the Netherlands are mainly taken from Belgium, the United Kingdom and France. 2-year-old Tala, 3-year-old Sharifa, 5-year-old Berivan, and …

Jihadists' kids to be placed in special shelter upon return to Netherlands: report
5 years, 5 months ago

Jihadists' kids to be placed in special shelter upon return to Netherlands: report

NL Times  

Children of Dutch jihadists will be placed in a special shelter when they return to the Netherlands. The Child Protection Council did not tell AD where this shelter will be located, but did say that specialists are already ready to offer help as soon as the children arrive in the Netherlands. Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer has made multiple calls on …

ISIS widow pleads for Netherlands to allow her four kids to return
5 years, 6 months ago

ISIS widow pleads for Netherlands to allow her four kids to return

NL Times  

Krista van T., a 31-year-old woman from Limburg who went to join terrorist organization ISIS with her husband in 2014, is now a widow living in a crowded refugee camp in northern Syria with her four children. Children's Ombudsman Margrite Kalverboer has made multiple calls on the Dutch government to bring these children back to the Netherlands, expressing concerns for …

Netherlands bringing back two ISIS orphans from Syria: report
5 years, 7 months ago

Netherlands bringing back two ISIS orphans from Syria: report

NL Times  

Two Dutch orphans from ISIS families were transferred to a Dutch government delegation in Ain Issa in Northern Syria on Sunday, Abdulkarim Omar, who is responsible for foreign relations as a director of the Kurdish region in northern Syria, said on Twitter. "At the request of the Dutch government, the self-administration of North and East Syria handed over on June …

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 …

UN envoy begs Netherlands to bring back kids from Syria, Iraq
5 years, 7 months ago

UN envoy begs Netherlands to bring back kids from Syria, Iraq

NL Times  

The Netherlands must "show grace and mercy" and bring back the children of Dutch jihadists in Iraq and Syria as quickly as possible, the special UN envoy for Children in Armed Conflicts, Virginia Gamba, said during a visit to The Hague on Thursday. According to Gamba, an Argentine security and disarmament expert, the Dutch stance on whether or not to …

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 …

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