Hope For Children CRC Policy Center (HFC) reports that during the first two months of the war in Ukraine, the NGO Magnolia recorded more than 2.100 cases of children disappeared within Ukraine due to the mobility of the war, compared to 182 cases reported on the line in peacetime in 2020.[/B]
In a statement on the occasion of the International Day of Missing Children on 25 May, it clarifies that among these cases, there are 15 cross-border cases children who went missing seeking safety in the European Union and that part of these cases are due to temporary loss of contact due to damage to various infrastructure, but with a significant number of cases remaining unsolved.
The organization further reports that according to the Office of the Ukrainian Commissioner for Human Rights, 232 children have been killed and 427 children injured since the beginning of Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
She also adds that Missing Children Europe (MCE) publishes a report on children reported missing in Ukraine during the first 60 days of the war and calls on the European Union and Member States to provide support and protection to all children and families at risk of disappearance due to the war.
Finally, it states that in Cyprus, the European harmonised 116 000 line is operated by HFC and the Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family (SPAVO), as members of the MCE. The line operates on a 24-hour basis to prevent and handle disappearances and to access support services for relatives of missing children. It also provides coordination with authorities and NGOs at national and transnational level. To this end, HFC and SPAVO have signed a Protocol of Cooperation with the Ministry of Justice and Public Order for the operation of the helpline.
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