Child abduction and cross-border child protection

International child protection cases. Guidance on working with foreign agencies, caring for trafficked children.

Services

Stop someone getting a passport

You might be able to stop someone getting a passport by applying for a court order - parental child abduction, vulnerable adults
Find help to get your child back from abroad or arrange contact

How to apply to have your child returned if they've been abducted, or arrange contact or enforce a court order in EU, Hague Convention and non-Hague Convention countries

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Guidance and regulation

Care of unaccompanied migrant children and child victims of modern slavery
- Statutory guidance
- 1 November 2017
- Department for Education
Safeguarding children who may have been trafficked
- Guidance
- 18 October 2011
- Department for Education and Home Office
Child protection: working with foreign authorities
- Guidance
- 12 September 2014
- Department for Education
Cross-border child protection cases: the 1996 Hague Convention
- Guidance
- 5 January 2021
- Department for Education
Morocco: parental child abduction
- Guidance
- 1 July 2021
- Closed organisation: Foreign & Commonwealth Office and Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

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News and communications

Modern Slavery conference in Uruguay

16 November 2018World news story

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Research and statistics

Support for non-EEA migrant child victims of modern slavery
- 19 December 2017
- Department for Education and Home Office
- Research

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Policy papers and consultations

Care of unaccompanied and trafficked children
- 1 November 2017
- Department for Education
- Consultation outcome
- Date closed 17 March 2017
Safeguarding unaccompanied asylum seeking and refugee children
- 1 November 2017
- Department for Education
- Policy paper

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Organisations