Data and Statistics Investigation

In the last decade tens of thousands of child migrants have disappeared without trace in Europe. In 2021 our investigation found that at least 18,000 unaccompanied child migrants had disappeared after arriving in Europe between 2018 & 2020 — raising serious questions about the ability of European countries to protect child migrants. Our investigation has also found that the data about them is often inconsistent or incomplete, meaning the true numbers of missing children could be much higher.