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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Harriette Boucher

‘Every disappearance is a warning sign’: The important next steps after a missing child is found

Each year around 70,000 children go missing in the UK, and while most are eventually found, the real crisis often lies in the circumstances that drove them to disappear in the first place.

A safe return home is only the beginning. What matters just as much is understanding why a child went missing and ensuring it does not happen again.

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