Why do some children or young people run away?
There can be many reasons why a child or young person feels that running away from home is the only solution to their problems. Some of these reasons might be: • They don’t get on with their family • They feel unsafe at home • They have other problems outside of their home, i.e. being bullied or involved in drugs, etc. • Some children and young people run away because they are being abused, neglected or experiencing violence where they’re living There are complex issues facing Asylum Seeking Children. Information about some children’s whereabouts is not always maintained due to the transient nature of their accommodation arrangements. Agencies must however be alert to the fact that some children are trafficked into, within and out of the UK for custom related reasons, to be abused and exploited for commercial gain, including through sex, for domestic servitude, etc. For more information see ‘Safeguarding Trafficked and Exploited Children, LCPC 2006 and Safeguarding Children abused thro
