Media Advisory: note to journalists - International Missing Children’s Day
Tomorrow is International Missing Children’s Day – a day where we remember those children currently missing in Australia.
As part of this, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) National Missing Person’s Coordination Centre are running the very first Missing Youth Forum tomorrow at the Australian Institute of Sport.
The “Missing Youth Forum: educate, support, prevent” is an opportunity for law enforcement and support services to directly work with primary school aged kids to ensure they are familiar with support services they can turn to, and options available to them as they approach their teenage years and become statistically high-risk of going missing.
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin will open the event and be available for questions afterwards.
Did You Know
38,000 missing persons reports are made to Australian police each year.
Three in five of those reports relate to a young person under the age of 18, with 86% located within a week.
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Where |
Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) - Parking map below. (Gold Room, Conference Centre, Building 14 |
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When |
8.30am for a 9am start Friday, 25 May 2018 (Media to arrive by 8.30am) |
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Who |
AFP Commissioner Andrew Colvin Sasoon Simonian - Brother of missing person Sevak Simonian* * NB: Sevak’s circumstances can be found here https://missingpersons.gov.au/search/nsw/sevak-simonian |
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Footage |
We can provide photos of Sevak to media on the day. |
Media enquiries
AFP National Media (02) 6131 6333