RECOMMENDATIONS

Bruxelles - 16th september 2019CONFERENCE

Niels Vestergaard

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According to estimates drawn up by associations active in this area, nearly

10 000 people disappear without tracein Europe each year.

This is a double blow to their families, who are forced to cope with both the emotional impact of the disappearance and the accompanying legal and financial repercussions. Their problems are compounded by the huge disparities in the legislation on the rights of such groups and on the time limits for resolving the related legal uncertainties. A quarter of these cases have a transnational dimension, in that the disappearances occur in Member States in which the persons concerned do not habitually reside.

The Commission has acknowledged that there isno official data available

which would make it possible to assess this dimension, which may, for example, be linked to human trafficking.

In view of the claims made by these associations:

Does the Commission1. intend to launch an initiative on this issue that goes beyond its current efforts, which focus specifically on

children? 2. agree that it is now necessary to make the rules on the legal and economic issues which these cases throw up

more consistent?3. Has the Commission considered launching a European strategy in this area, along the lines of previous

attempts to prevent human trafficking, or incorporating the dimension outlined above into an updated version of the current strategy, which is due for revision in 2016?

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Huge differences in who.Huge differences in how many.

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An estimated 250,000 people go missing each

year in UK(The Home Office)

Estimated 112,853 children are reported missing every year.

National Crime Agency, UK Missing Persons

Bureau.

In Germany, an estimated 100,000

children are reported missing each year.Initiative Vermisste

Kinder.

66 mill. 83 mill.80%

141.921.

Establish a Platform: Public Benchmarking in EU

10 mill

56.000

The total numberreported missing. Is 7.000 people all

inclusive

6 mill

The total number reported

missing. Is 1700 people all

inclusive

7.000

When does it become ”normal” when different profiles disappear”

Who can learn from who? – and what can we learn from each other?

10.000

Is it a big problem?

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200.000

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EU Germany EU

Population 511.000.000

Annual loss

Annual disappearances

Annual loss i %

Affected people per missing person

Affected people everyyear

Affected people in % every year

511.000.000

10.000

0,001957%

16

160.000

0,031311%

83.000.000

200.000

0,241%

511.000.000

1.232.325

0,241%

16

3,85%

19.701.205

How big is it?

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To collect comparable data

Establish a european platform

To distribute and share Ideas of prevention

Share ideas of search techniques

Benchmarking

Why do so many more people dissapear in ? Compared to ?

Make sure children and youngsters all have a second option in local area –

Contact to a trustworthy adult outside families.

Educate –• get rid of myths, false stories and notions of the good and

much more exciting life, children and young people have in other living and living environments.

• Make them competent social media users.• Citisen competences – Living competences

RECOMMENDATION - CHILDREN

Fight bullying. All schools shall have a anti bullying politic

RECOMMENDATION –Unaccommpanied CHILDREN

The research aimed to identify good practices and key challenges in inter-agency cooperation in the prevention of, and response to, vulnerable unaccompanied children who go missing from reception centers and other types of care.

It focused on four areas, namely 1. the prevention of disappearances; 2. the response to disappearances; 3. the after care of an unaccompanied child who

returned or was found after disappearing; and 4.training.

SUMMIT REPORTBest practice and key challenges on interagency,

cooperation to safeguard unaccompanied children from going missing

Our recommendation is, that the authorities look into these 4 areas and makes sure there is a national

policy and strategy to meet these 4 areas of focus

RECOMMENDATION –Unaccommpanied CHILDREN

A seminar planned and implemented by The Foundation of Susi & Peter Robinson and Danish Red Cross. The conclusions and recommendations are presented in the report, published shortly after;

The seminar ended up in7 recommendations –

How do we create the BEST WELCOME

for children and youngsters who flee alone?

Our recommendation is to make sure there is a national policy and strategy to meet these 4

areas of focus

RECOMMENDATION –Unaccommpanied CHILDREN

1.The uncertainty that unaccompanied refugee children are exposed to, because the rules of immigration on temporary residence permits is an obstacle for them. An unaccompanied child who is currently granted a temporary residence permit should instead be granted a residence permit for permanent residence.

2. Unaccompanied refugee children must be able to stay with close relatives as early as possible during the asylum process.

3 There is great uncertainty about the current form of age study. The current physical examinations should therefore not stand alone but be combined with an assessment of the young person's maturity based on an interview with a child psychologist.

4. A volunteer guardian must be appointed as soon as possible when the child moves from an asylum center to a municipality. The authorities' case handling should be significantly improved so that the child receives the necessary support quickly.

RECOMMENDATION –Unaccompanied CHILDREN

5. Authorities should, as far as possible, search for unaccompanied refugee children to be placed at municipalities who have experience in receiving refugee children. Priorities should be given to municipalities with fixed procedures for the reception.

6. All unaccompanied refugee children should be offered education in their mother tongue and interviews with psychologists which, if possible, should be in their own language.

7.All unaccompanied refugee children should be offered leisure arrangements in conjunction with other domestic children and young people. Therefore, they should also live centrally with easy access to educational sites, leisure activities and associations.

RECOMMENDATION –Unaccompanied CHILDREN

A better share of know ledge cross border A quicker identification of patterns –when children and youngsters disappear.

A database of DNA & fingerprints from each unaccompanied minor

RECOMMENDATION – Adults

We know why adults dissapear

No more to talk to?

Provide them with someone to talk to?Free access to guidance / counselling on local basis.

Lack of selfesteem

Economy

PsychologicalStress

Depression

Divorce

When it seems to be the best and only solution.

RECOMMENDATION –PEOPLE SUFFERING FROM DEMENTIA

To secure them

Personal freedom

Cross border learning.

To search for them

The police and authorities –will probably never have the needed

capacity and are probably not supposed to have the needed

capacity to prevent and search for missing people..

Recommendation: Support the NGOs

• To establish long term searches

• To establish a general higher awareness in society.• To provide long term care of families

• To educate and train searchers

Public support to strength the NGOs in this area

The police and authorities –will probably never have the needed

capacity and are probably not supposed to have the needed

capacity to prevent and search for missing people..

Recommendation: Support the NGOs

Final recommendation:Public support to strength the NGOs in this area

Recommendation: Support the NGOs

• To establish and organise searches – also long term searches

• To establish a general higher awareness in society on national and local level..

• To provide long term care of families

• To educate and train volunteer search-organisers

Final recommendation:Public support to strength the

NGOs in this area

Make it a public responsibility to volunteer & join national NGO´s on local level.

5 people on annual basis in your local community

10 to 11 people suffering from dementia

It make people think, reflect and calculate“One day I might be in a position where I will hope some one will look for

my relative”.

MUCH MORE AWARENESS. Make it personal

In your municipality of 50.000 people

Makes it much more articulated at all levels in society.

Thank you