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Over 10,000 migrant children missing: Europol Posted by: in World 4 hours ago 0 2 Views The Hague // Over 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Sunday, fearing many have been whisked away into sex trafficking rings or the slave trade. Europol’s press office confirmed the figures that were published in British newspaper The Observer , adding that the numbers were for the last 18 to 24 months. The agency’s chief of staff Brian Donald said the vulnerable children had disappeared from the system after registering with state authorities following their arrival in Europe. “It’s not unreasonable to say that we’re looking at 10,000-plus children,” Mr Donald said, adding that 5,000 had disappeared in Italy alone. “Not all of them will be criminally exploited; some might have been passed on to family members. We just don’t know where they are, what t...