Children: Disappearances Abroad

House of Lords written question – answered at on 14 June 2007.

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Photo of Lord Eames Lord Eames Crossbench

asked Her Majesty's Government:

What plans they have to alert United Kingdom parents to the risks of abduction of children in foreign countries.

Photo of Lord Triesman Lord Triesman Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign & Commonwealth Office, Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office provides a wealth of information to British nationals about the risks of travelling overseas and how to minimise them. For example, we provide publications on frequently encountered difficulties, such as deaths overseas, detentions and missing persons. Our "Know Before You Go" campaign provides guidance to British nationals on how to better prepare themselves for travel overseas. Our online travel advice, available at www.fco.gov.uk/travel, provides frequently updated advice on particular issues and countries.

While we do advise readers of particular threats to their personal safety—for example, the risk of kidnapping for ransom in parts of South America—we have not identified a particular threat of child abduction for British children overseas. However, in our travel advice for some countries we do draw attention to the different legal systems relating to family law which would be applicable in parental and guardian child abduction.

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