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250 youths went missing last year

A representative of the Mirror Foundation elaborates on information about missing young people at the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division on Thursday. (Photo supplied)

More than 250 young people went missing last year, the highest in the last four years, according to a Mirror Foundation report.

The report was released on Thursday during a media briefing on missing people led by Pol Maj Gen Saruti Khwaengsopha, commander of the Anti-Trafficking in Persons Division (ATPD).

According to Eakkalak Loomchomkhae, director of the Foundation’s Missing Persons Information Center, 251 young people were reported missing to the foundation last year, 25% higher than the number in 2021.

One-hundred-fifty-seven of them, aged 11–15, were…

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