Garda operation for missing children ‘under review’

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has said the garda operation focusing on missing children is being reviewed, after it was reported that 62 asylum-seeking children have disappeared from state care after arriving in Ireland alone

Minister for Children Roderic O’Gorman has said the garda operation focusing on missing children is being reviewed, after it was reported that 62 asylum-seeking children have disappeared from state care after arriving in Ireland alone.

Asked about the figures revealed in an investigation by Noteworthy, Mr O’Gorman said the child and family agency Tusla is “immediately informed” when children under the age of 18 enter the state unaccompanied.