Investigation into Missing Migrant Children wins 2024 Journalism Prize | News

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Investigation into Missing Migrant Children wins 2024 Journalism Prize | News

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, run by media from Germany, Italy, Greece, the Netherlands, Belgium, Ireland and the *** revealed that at least 51 433 unaccompanied child migrants disappeared after arriving in ********* countries between 2021 and 2023.

Roberta Metsola, President of the ********* Parliament, Pina Picierno, Vice-President responsible for the Prize, and representatives of the independent *********-wide Jury of the Prize participated in the award ceremony held in the ********* Parliament’s Daphne Caruana Galizia Press Room in Strasbourg.

President Metsola said: “Daphne Caruana Galizia’s legacy continues through the work of journalists who live to tell the truth and refuse to be silenced. Their ****** for justice prevails over the threats that try to undermine their important work. Press freedom is non-negotiable. Seven years after Daphne’s **************, we continue to honour her memory with a prize that reminds us of this Parliament’s long-standing commitment to these fundamental values”.

Between 3 May and 31 July 2024, hundreds of journalists from the 27 EU countries submitted their stories for consideration. Thirteen of the 318 submissions were

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by the jury before the winner was chosen.

About the Winning Story

Lost in Europe uncovered the staggering reality that, since 2021, on average nearly 47 children have vanished each day after arriving in Europe.

Data collected by Lost in Europe from 31 ********* countries, including Austria, Germany, and Italy, reveal that tens of thousands of migrant children are missing.

The months-long investigation shows that the number of missing migrant children could be even higher, as inconsistent documentation and the lack of data collection by some countries contribute to significant gaps in reporting.

This latest investigation builds on Lost in Europe’s 2021 research, which revealed that over 18 000 migrant children went missing in Europe between 2018 and 2020.

As Aagje Leven, Secretary General of Missing Children Europe, noted, the findings are likely just the “tip of the iceberg,” as more child migrants continue to disappear at alarming rates in Europe, with many feared to be victims of human trafficking and modern slavery.

The publishing partners for this investigation were De Standaard, (Belgium), Small Stream Media (the Netherlands), RBB (Germany), Knack (Belgium), ANSA (Italy), Domani (Italy), CNN (***/US), VRT (Belgium), Εfimerida ton Syntakton (Greece), , The Journal (Ireland), Tagesschau (Germany), and NRC (the Netherlands).

About the Prize

The Daphne Caruana Prize was initiated by a decision of the ********* Parliament’s Bureau in December 2019 as a tribute to Daphne Caruana Galizia, a Maltese anti-*********** investigative journalist and blogger who was ******* in a car ***** ******* in 2017.

Every year, the Prize rewards (on the anniversary of the ************** of Daphne Caruana Galizia) outstanding journalism that promotes or defends the core principles and values of the ********* Union such as human dignity, freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, and human rights.

Professional journalists and teams of professional journalists of any nationality can submit in-depth pieces that have been published or broadcast by media based in one of the ********* Union’s 27 member states. The aim is to support and highlight the importance of professional journalism in safeguarding freedom, equality and opportunity.

The independent jury is composed of representatives of the press and civil society from the 27 EU member states and a representative of the International Federation of Journalists.

The Prize and the €20 000 in prize money demonstrate the ********* Parliament’s strong support for investigative journalism and a free press.

Past winners

2021 – “

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”, coordinated by the

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2022 –

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on “The Central ******** Republic under Russian Influence” by Clément Di Roma and Carol Valade (ARTE/France24/Le Monde)

2023 –

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on the Pylos migrant boat shipwreck (Solomon, in collaboration with Forensis, StrgF/ARD, and The Guardian)

Who was Daphne Caruana Galizia?

Daphne Caruana Galizia was a Maltese journalist, blogger and anti-*********** activist who reported extensively on ***********, money laundering, organised ******, ***** of citizenship and the Maltese government’s links to the Panama Papers. Following harassment and threats, she was murdered in a car ***** ********** on 16 October 2017. The outcry over the authorities’ handling of her ******* investigation ultimately prompted the resignation of Prime Minister Joseph Muscat. Critical of failings in the investigation, in December 2019, MEPs called on the ********* Commission to take action.

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