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Auf der Flucht - Kinder spurlos verschwunden | © ZDF / arte
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Lost Children - 30.000 minors missing

    All titles (2)
    Documentary | 2016 | ZDF [de] | Society | Germany

    Project data

    Length of movie52 Min.

    Brief synopsis

    There are thousands of them. Children. Aged between nine and sixteen. They come to Europe from the middle East and Africa, and now they are on the move across our continent – alone, with no adults to accompany them. A blot on European immigration policy. Of all people, minors whose young age should guarantee them special protection and speedy integration into the new society, slip effortlessly through the net of the inadequate security afforded by European asylum procedures, escape to wherever they can, and are easy prey for criminals both from their own home countries and from Europe. Since the beginning of 2014 at least two hundred thousand unaccompanied child migrants have managed to cross Europe’s borders. But according to the authorities, at least ten thousand of them have simply vanished en route. These are children, and one estimate of unreported cases puts the figure at twice or even three times that. Who are these children, and how did they manage to make themselves invisible? In Italy, Germany, England and France they are reported missing time and again by NGOs and reception centers, but no one appears capable of doing anything about it. The film goes in search of evidence.

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    Crew

    ActivityNameComment
    Director of photographyPaolo Pisacane
    DirectorChiara Sambuchi
    EditorKatharina Fiedler
    ScreenwriterChiara Sambuchi
    Sound designerThomas Güthaus
    & Mischung
    & Mischung
    Sound designerAndreas Ersson
    & Mischung
    & Mischung
    Commissioning editorSabine Bubeck-Paaz
    ZDF
    ZDF

    Production companies

    CompanyComment
    Lavafilm GmbH [de]
    Arte [de/fr]
    in Zusammenarbeit mit
    in Zusammenarbeit mit

    Distribution / Sales companies

    CompanyComment
    New Docs e.K. [de]

    Awards

    Award winnerYearAwardCategory 
    Chiara Sambuchi2017Prix Europa
    TV Iris
    TV IrisNominated

    TV-broadcast

    TypeCountryStationDate / TimeComment
    First showingGermanyarteTuesday, 07/02/2017