Searches – In Ille-et-Vilaine, the gendarmes have sounded the alarm after a record year for searches for missing minors
It is a reality that must question, question, perhaps even worry. In France, more than 40,000 reports of leaks minors were recorded in 2022 by the police and gendarmerie forces. A very high figure, which should alert us to the questions of young people and which has caught the attention of the gendarmes and police, more and more often mobilized to find children or adolescents who have fled the home without warning. In Ille-et-Vilaine, the gendarmerie initiated more than 500 search operations in 2022 to find minors. The military had never been confronted with such a phenomenon. “Each operation requires a lot of commitment and significant resources from us, says Colonel Sébastien Jaudon, head of the Ille-et-Vilaine gendarmes. It’s very time-consuming because we have to take each case seriously. Runaway minors may not realize it, but they are in danger. Is the phenomenon noticeable elsewhere? Why do children decide to leave their homes? How to prevent them from starting again? 20 Minutes asked the question.
Contacted, the national gendarmerie assures that it has “not observed a significant increase in the number of runaways at the national level (…) Read more at 20 minutes
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