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<h1>Why are they missing?</h1>
<p>Why do people go missing? What makes them walk away from their families, their homes or schools and
refuse to make contact? The answers are varied but as we report below, they often fall into one of a
limited number of categories.</p>
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<p>There are 30 different reasons that people go missing according to <a
href="http://missingpersons.police.uk/en-gb/resources/downloads/missing-persons-statistical-bulletins"
target="_blank">the UK's National Crime Agency</a>. However, in close to half of all cases no reason
has been recorded for why the person went missing (44%). The
three main ones involve relationships, mental health problems, and drugs or alcohol. Among children and
teenagers, the reasons for going missing most commonly include the absence of a parent or guardian
(often a migrant or trafficked child), relationship difficulties or problems at school. These reasons
were recorded when the missing persons were found.</p>
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Most children aged five to eight who go missing are described as "unaccompanied". Although the term
"unaccompanied juvenile" covers various circumstances, the UK's National Crime Agency <a
href="http://www.epgencms.europarl.europa.eu/cmsdata/upload/1d4e1647-3ad5-4df3-b35e-cb167537c08b/No.26_Missing_refugee_and_migrant_children_in_Europe.pdf"
target="_blank">explains</a> that this
refers mainly to unaccompanied migrant children. At some point they are registered by authorities after
they arrive in a country but then their trace is lost, and so they are classified as "missing". It's the
reason given for almost a third of all reported missing children cases in this age group. However, for
children aged nine and above, this category is used less frequently. Drugs, alcohol and relationships
are more frequently to blame from nine upwards.
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<p>One in four teenagers who goes missing does so because of a relationship problem, either a romantic
relationship or a relationship with a friend or family member. School problems also contribute, with
almost a third of missing children aged 9 to 11 giving school as the reason.</p>
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<p>Professor Karen Shalev Greene, the director of the <a
href="https://www.port.ac.uk/research/research-centres-and-groups/centre-for-the-study-of-missing-persons"
target="_blank">Centre for the Study of Missing Persons</a> at the
University of Portsmouth, explains that different backgrounds can have an influence on why children go
missing. Some run away from their families, or even from care homes because the homes are of poor
quality or aren't suited to them. </p>
<p>"You get a variety. You also get children that are really suffering from mental health and run away
because that's part of the symptom of their mental health deterioration. In some of those cases when
they are moved into secure homes, they actually are much better." says Dr Shalev Greene.</p>
<p>Many official reports agree, concluding that the main factors behind children going missing from care
include the quality and safety of the care. Dr Shalev Greene said that sometimes the situation in the
care
is not abusive but is not also not a functioning environment.</p>
<p>She explains that relationship breakdowns contribute to missing children cases because some children end
up without stable homes. "It could be eviction in the home. It could be still a loving home but for
example, a mother who remarried and had a new baby and the teenager from the first marriage was rejected
by his father, didn't know where he fitted in this new family formation and so started to act up and go
missing".</p>
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Smaller children also get declared missing. The third biggest reason for children up to the age of four to
vanish is domestic abuse. This category is complex however as it can include a parent fleeing with young
children to escape an abusive partner as well as one parent kidnapping their own child from other family
members. These small children are the ones that go missing the most -- more than any other age-group --
because of domestic abuse.
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<p>For adults, the main reasons for going missing are mental health problems (the reason for one in every
four missing adults), followed by relationships (almost one in every five cases). Drugs and alcohol are
also blamed for many cases.</p>
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Dr Shalev Greene points to examples of relationship problems among adults, like the breakdown of a
marriage
which can leave someone depressed, or financial problems which someone has hidden from their spouse, or
abusive relationships where the victim flees, or a forced marriage, where someone runs away to protect
themselves.
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Another factor is mental health. A study from the project <a
href="http://geographiesofmissingpeople.org.uk/downloads/Stevenson-et-al.pdf"
target="_blank">‘Geographies of Missing People’</a> indicated that some missing persons with mental
health problems want support during their time missing. They need sympathetic people to talk with them
more than other types of practical help such as accommodation, medical treatment, or money.
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<p>Most older people who go missing suffer from dementia or Alzheimer's disease. This is the only age
category where the breakdown of relationships is not one of the main causes of people going missing.
</p>
<p>
According to the Centre for the Study of Missing Persons and the UK’s Alzheimer Society, there are some
<a
href="https://www.missingpeople.org.uk/downloads.raw?task=callelement&item_id=8584&element=dfbb2d4b-e3af-40bc-a511-b0d819792af1&method=download">common
scenarios</a>
when people with dementia go missing. They may have become disorientated in familiar surroundings, or
left home without noticing other people, or left home without a particular goal. There are many <a
href="https://www.alzheimers.org.uk/blog/what-to-do-someone-dementia-lost-confused-missing"
target="_blank">causes behind a walkabout</a>.
These people may feel bored, worried about something, or lost in their current environment. So they seek
fulfilment by revisiting the places they’re familiar with. On the other hand, they may have sleep
problems, want to relieve pain or discomfort, or simply go for a walk. There is a national scheme named
<a href="https://www.met.police.uk/notices/af/herbert-protocol/" target="_blank">‘Herbert Protocol’</a>,
in which family members or carers record essential
information about people with dementia. If they go missing, it can be given to the police to help in
their search.
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There are also other reasons that vulnerable people go missing such as child trafficking and
exploitation. We report on that <a href="who-is-missing.html" target="_self">here</a>.
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