From January to March this year, the state of Rio de Janeiro recorded the equivalent of a missing child practically every two days, according to a survey by the Foundation for Childhood and Adolescence (FIA).
From the month of January until the beginning of the last week of March, 40 cases of disappearance were registered at the foundation. Of these, 35 were found and five have not yet been resolved.
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The number draws even more attention when compared, for example, with the total for 2018 when, throughout the year, there were 51 reported cases, of which 10 children or adolescents remain missing.
Family conflicts are the main reasons why teenagers disappear, accounting for more than 75% of the problems, according to the institution maintained by the state government.
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Check below the data from 2018 to 2023:
2018
Located: 41
Missing: 10
Sum of registrations for the year 2018: 51 cases
2019
Located: 80
Missing: 10
Sum of registrations for the year 2019: 90 cases
2020
Located: 136
Missing: 08
Sum of registrations for the year 2020: 144 cases
2021
Located: 182
Missing: 13
Sum of registrations for the year 2021: 195 cases
2022
Located: 254
Missing: 31
Sum of registrations for the year 2022: 285 cases
2023 (until March 29)
Located: 35
Missing: 05
Sum of registrations from 2023 to date: 4
Source: BdF Rio de Janeiro
Editing: Mariana Pitasse
