Sunday, June 8, 2014

Britain's missing babies: How thousands of children have disappeared from council care in the last two years – and one infant still can't be found


  • Almost 5,000 children  - including babies - disappeared from council care
  • 19 babies have vanished for months at a time, the figures reveal
  • The statistics, unveiled under FOI, have been called 'alarming' by NSPCC

  •  Almost 5,000 children - including babies - have disappeared from council care in the past two years, new figures have revealed (stock picture)

    Almost 5,000 children  - including babies - have disappeared from council care in the past two years, new figures have revealed. 
    Nineteen babies have vanished for months at a time, and one infant - just a few months old - has still not been found two years later. 
    The figures have been unveiled under a freedom of information request.

     They show that 4,852 looked-after children were reported missing between January 2012 and December 2013, the Sunday Times reports. 
    There were 24,320 cases logged - as many disappeared more than once. The large majority were teenagers but dozens of those who disappeared were between four and nine years old. 
    The number includes a one-year-old girl missing since July 2013


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