Thousands of children reported missing last year
Budapest, May 25 (MTI) – Last year 19,279 minors went missing in Hungary, including 16,429 aged between 14 and 18, and 4,000 have yet to be found, said the organisers of an event marking International Missing Children’s Day on Wednesday, citing police data.
Thirteen Hungarian towns and cities will host events on Sunday to mark International Missing Children’s Day, including children and family activities, educational programmes held by NGOs, crime prevention advice and concerts, civil initiative The Night of a Thousand Lanterns said in a statement
At the end of the day, thousands of illuminated balloons filled with helium will be released for all the children lost and missing, the organisers said.
Source: http://mtva.hu/hu/hungary-matters
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