This, however, is only a snapshot of the problem. In the United States, an estimated 460,000 children are reported missing every year. National Crime Agency, UK Missing Persons Bureau. In the United Kingdom, an estimated 112,853 children are reported missing every year.

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In Spain, an estimated 20,000 children are reported missing every year. Interview with Pavel Astakhov MIA “Russia Today”, Apr. In Russia, an estimated 45,000 children were reported missing in 2015. In Jamaica, an estimated 1,984 children were reporting missing in 2015. In India, an estimated 96,000 children go missing each year.īachpan Bachao Andolan, Missing Children of India. In Germany, an estimated 100,000 children are reported missing each year. Government of Canada, Canada’s Missing – 2015 Fast Fact Sheet. In Canada, an estimated 45,288 children are reported missing each year. In Australia, an estimated 20,000 children are reported missing every year.Īustralian Federal Police, National Coordination Centre. The lack of a common definition of “missing child,” and a common response to the issue, results in few reliable statistics on the scope of the problem around the world.

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