Parents sought after child found in Roma camp in Greece
PRESS RELEASE
Athens, 18 October 2013
Parents sought after child found in Roma camp in Greece
Police in Greece is searching for the parents of a 4-year-old girl found in a Roma camp in the region of Larissa, Greece.
The
girl was found living in the Roma camp following a police investigation
that took place on Thursday, 17 October. The features of the girl and
the controversial claims of the persons who claimed to be the parents of
the child lead the authorities to collect a DNA sample test. The
results of DNA testing proved that these people are not the biological
parents of the child.
Upon
the order of the Public Prosecution authorities the child was
immediately removed from the Roma camp and is now in care and protection
of “The Smile of the Child” until a solution in the best interest of the child is found.
“The Smile of the Child”
in cooperation with national police authorities is taking all necessary
steps to inform the competent actors at national and international
level (MCE- European Federation for Missing and Sexually Exploited Children, ICMEC- International Centre for Missing and Exploited Children) and to mobilize the public in order to help find the parents of the child.
Anyone
with information is asked to call at the European Hotline for Missing
Children 116 000, contact “The Smile of the Child” at +30 210 76 09 550
or send an email at 116000@hamogelo.gr
