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Global Missing Children’s Network

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Nov 19, 2025
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Missing kids per country

Global, comparable counts of “missing children” by country are sparse and inconsistent: reporting systems differ, many countries lack data, and NGOs warn of under‑ and mis‑reporting . Some available f...

Jan 5, 2026

How has the COVID-19 pandemic affected rates of child disappearances worldwide?

The pandemic did not produce a single, measurable global spike in recorded “child disappearances” because there is no common international definition or consistent reporting system for missing childre...