Many human rights organizations warned for the risk of human trafficking of vulnerable groups such as unaccompanied children after Russia invaded Ukraine. Investigative journalists from Lost in Europe found out that the 1.5 million children that fled from Ukraine within the first month of the war were not monitored properly. Only four countries registered how many unaccompanied children entered their country. Eight other European countries provided inadequate data, or did not register or provide data at all.

Today, the 24th of August, marks exactly six months since Russia invaded Ukraine. The United Nations stated that the war caused the fastest-growing refugee and humanitarian crisis within Europe since World War II. More than 10 million people were forced to flee from Ukraine to neighboring countries over the past six months.

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