Lost in Europe

About Lost in Europe

According to Europol’s chief of staff, Brian Donald, no less than 10,000 migrant children went missing in Europe. It is feared that some of them fell in the hands of drug gangs, human traffickers, or were sold into the sex industry. Others may have travelled to family or friends in Europe without reporting it. They have all but disappeared.

Why Lost in Europe? The plight of unaccompanied child migrants is one of the most pressing issues in the migrant crisis. The goal of Lost in Europe is to recover the stories of these missing children. It comprises a team of investigative journalists from the Netherlands, Belgium, Italy, Germany, France, Greece and the UK, who are collaborating to find out what has happened to the disappeared children in Europe.

Where will the stories appear? We will publish our findings on the Lost in Europe website, on Small Stream Media as well as on Argos, a Dutch award winning investigative radio programme, in the Guardian and Observer, BBC News, Knack, Lettera43 and Il Fatto Quotidiano.

Who is involved? Supported by news organisations, such as VPRO Argos, NRC Handelsblad, BBC Radio 4, The Guardian, Knack, VG, Small Stream Media, IRPI and Il Fatto Quotidiano. This investigative journalism project will shine a light on wrongdoing and tell the stories of the disappeared child migrants in the EU. This cross-border project is backed up by the Dutch Postcode Lotery, Journalismfund, National Geographic, Digital Whistleblowingfund, IJ4EU, VNJB and FondsBJP.

Tip us! https://tip.lostineurope.org/#/

Keywords

• Asylum Procedures
• Broadcasting
• Child Exploitation
• Child Labour
• Child Migrant Policy
• Children On The Move
• Children'S Rights
• Collaborative Journalism
• Crossborder Journalism
• Documentary
• Drug Production
• Europe
• Graphic Journalism
• Human
• Human
• Human Trafficking
• Inclusion And Diversity
• Independent Journalism
• Investigative Journalism
• Journalism
• Migration Issues
• Missing Migrants
• Photography
• Radio
• Refugee Children
• Sexual Exploitation
• Smuggling
• Vulnerable Children
• Whistleblower Platform
• Writing

Address

• Headquarters

  Overhoeksplein 21031KS AmsterdamNoord-Holland, Netherlands

Team by function

Based on 9 public job profiles as of 4 September 2026.

• Creative / Media6
• Founder / Owner1
• Legal / Compliance1
• Other / Unclassifiable1