Fewer International Child Abductions by Parents Last Year - DutchNews.nl

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The number of children abducted abroad by a parent has fallen in the past year. This is evident from figures from the Center for International Child Abduction (IKO). In 2024, 200 children were the victims of an abduction from or to abroad. A year earlier, there were 260. This continues the downward trend that started last year, IKO reports. In 2024, there were a total of 148 international abduction cases, because sometimes multiple children are …

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The number of child abductions from or to the Netherlands fell further last year, by 23 percent. In 2024, 200 children were victims of international child abduction, 260 children in 2023 and 292 in 2022, the Center for International Child Abduction reports in its annual report on Friday. This is the second year in a row that the number of child abductions has fallen.