Violeta: may have been sold into marriage.

HUNDREDS of young asylum seekers have “disappeared” after arriving alone in Ireland, it has emerged as gardaí continue the hunt for a missing 12-year-old Romanian girl.

More than 150 children who came to Ireland unaccompanied did not turn up for their first interview with the office that decides on initial refugee applications.

But figures from the Department of Justice suggest many more slipped out of the system after being denied status at first instance.