Europol: 10,000 migrant children have disappeared

Evidence found of 'infrastructure' to exploit the refugee flow, official says

More than 10,000 unaccompanied migrant children have disappeared in Europe, the EU police agency Europol said on Sunday, fearing many have been whisked into sex trafficking rings or the slave trade.

Europol's press office confirmed to AFP the figures published in British newspaper The Observer, adding that they covered the last 18 to 24 months.