Today, on October 13, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe has adopted a resolution on protection of minors without parental custody, reports the NEWS.am from Strasbourg.

The author of the report, the Italian deputy Manlio Di Stefano noted that in Europe, more than ever, children need protection and assistance. Based only of the data of January 2016, 10 thousand miners who moved to Europe without parental custody are missing.

"In 2015, 90 thousand children turned to the EU institutions to receive asylum. Already 30 thousand children have asked for asylum as of June this year. According to the official data, 10 thousand children are registered as missing. Their whereabouts is not known. It is a fact, that many children are subjected to sexual exploitation, slavery, or to various pressures and violence, "said the Italian MP.

The MPs who gave a speech after Manlio Di Stefano, expressed their support to his report. The Danish politician Nicolas Villumsen stressed, that millions of children are forced to leave their homes due to war. The Austrian politician underlined that the fate of missing children is very troublesome, since it is not clear where these children headed, when they had left the camps – if they are with their parents, or have been subjected to slavery.

43 MPs voted in favor of the report, whereas one abstained.