Missing children in Europe
Statistics & results
Statistics Child Alerts in Europe
Last update: July 8th, 2024
2024
2023
YEAR: AMBER Alerts
Q4: October – December, 2023
Q3: July – September, 2023
Q2: April – June, 2023
Q1: January – March, 2023
2022
YEAR: AMBER Alerts
Q4: October – December, 2022
Q3: July – September, 2022
Q2: April – June, 2022
Q1: January – March, 2022
2021
YEAR: AMBER Alerts
Q4: October – December, 2021
Q3: July – September, 2021
Q2: April – June, 2021
Q1: January – March, 2021
2020
YEAR: AMBER Alerts
Q4: October – December, 2020
Q3: July – September, 2020
Q2: April – June, 2020
Q1: January – March, 2020
2019
YEAR: AMBER Alerts
Q4: October – December, 2019
Q3: July – September, 2019
Q2: April – June, 2019
Q1: January – March, 2019
2018
YEAR: AMBER Alerts
Q4: October – December, 2018
Q3: July – September, 2018
Q2: April – June, 2018
Q1: January – March, 2018
2017
YEAR: AMBER Alerts
Q4: October – December, 2017
Q3: July – September, 2017
Q2: April – June, 2017
Q1: January – March, 2017
2016
YEAR: AMBER Alerts & Missing Children
Q4: October – December 2016
Q3: July – September 2016
Q2: April – June 2016
Q1: January – March, 2016
2015
YEAR: AMBER Alerts & Missing Children
Statistics Report 2015: Analysis of AMBER Alerts and missing children in Europe
Q4: October – December, 2015
Q3: July – September, 2015
Q2: April – June, 2015
Q1: January – March, 2015
Best practices
Losing your child in a public area can be scary, even if it’s only for a second. It’s a familiar feeling for most parents, that uncontrollable pounding of your heart when your child has wandered off on the playground. But what happens when your child doesn’t return after a few painstakingly long minutes? Read our best practices how we found missing children.
Six-month-old Dutch baby found thanks to cross-border AMBER Alert
On Monday, February 26th, the Dutch police issued a national AMBER Alert for a 6-month-old girl from Eersel, the Netherlands. The child, who was placed in foster care, was violently taken by her biological parents. Because police feared they had crossed the border.
Cross border Child Alert Poland- Germany
On 15 April 2015, the Polish Police issued a Child Alert for a 10 year old girl from Szczecin, Poland, close to the German border. The Polish Police closely cooperated with the German Police, who have found the girl safe and well in Germany.
French Alerte Enlèvement as disseminated in cross- border context without abduction being proven
On the 23rd of April 2015, the girl was found a hundred kilometers from Sancy. She knocked on the door of a doctor, who immediately recognized the child from the AMBER Alert (France Bleu, Le Monde).
Successful Dutch-German AMBER Alert
On June 15th, 2013, an AMBER Alert was issued in the Netherlands after a 4-year old boy was abducted in Groningen (near the German border). As the abductor took the boy away in a car, the German police and Initiative Vermisste Kinder were warned.
First cross border AMBER Alert in Netherlands/ Belgium/ Germany
On May 8th 2013 the first cross border child alert was issued in Europe. An AMBER Alert was issued in the Netherlands after two small Dutch boys named Julian (7) and Ruben (9) went missing.