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Najmo is a Somalian refugee

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who escaped from a forced marriage

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when she was 11 years old. Now she lives in Iceland

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and through her YouTube channel

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she's empowering women to fight for their rights.

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Yet not all refugee children have had Najmo’s fortune.

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Over 18,000 unaccompanied child migrants

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disappeared after arriving in European countries

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 including Greece, Italy and Germany between 2018 and 2020.

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According to a report by Lost in Europe

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one in six of these children
was under 15 years old

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and 90% were boys.

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“The high number of missing
children is a symptom of

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a child-protection
system that doesn’t work”

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these are the words of Federica Toscano,

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head of advocacy and migration
at Missing Children Europe.

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 Almost all European countries have procedures

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in order to deal with the disappearance of children

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but they do not always work well in practice

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according to a 2020 report by

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the European Migration Network.

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Do you think that Europe can do more

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 to help child migrants? 

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Comment below!