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About twenty "extra muros Social workers (TSHM)" from the French-speaking part of Switzerland met on 9 May 2022, for a day of exchange and sharing of good practices. Missing Children Switzerland was also there!

Parental abductions are often given little consideration and are subject to a surprising silence from the authorities. Yet parental abduction is an abduction.

The very first friendly voices you hear if you have to call 116 000 are the our "Hotline Pilots".

Missing Children Switzerland received a delegation of eight people from the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA).

In Valais, a pilot project is trying to tackle the disastrous consequences that can result from a dialogue breakdown between parents who are in the process of separation.

Missing Children Switzerland took part in a full-scale exercise with the Vaud cantonal police. A promising partnership to tackle the missing people phenomenon.

To ensure its mission, the Belgian organization works hand in hand with local authorities. In Switzerland, we are still far from it.

Last May, more than 200 prestigious clubs massively shared notices of disappearance on social networks. A look back at an unprecedented operation.

Today is the International Day for the Prevention of Child Abuse. It is an opportunity to recall that this scourge is very often the vector of disappearances.

In 2019, the Federal Office of Justice (OFJ) registered 71 requests regarding parental abductions originating in Switzerland.

The theme of runaways is approached with respect by the RTS team which also followed us in Belgium.

The Portuguese police is an example for Switzerland in terms of collaboration between the police and NGOs working together on the problem of children's disappearance.