Yesterday was a busy day on several fronts. Kate and I met with
representatives of Missing Children Europe. This is an umbrella organisation
that has 21 member non-governmental organisations that are involved in
supporting families of missing and exploited children, from 15 EU countries.
Missing Children Europe aims to share best practice, ensures a European
presence at ICMEC and liases with various European Institutions.
www.missingchildren.eu They have played a major role in securing the EU
commission supporting a dedicated hotline for missing children: 116 000. The
commission is also supportive of the introduction of a child alert system
throughout the EU similar to the Amber alert system in the USA
The Portuguese justice minister also spoke to parliament yesterday
regarding Mr Ribeiro's comments about the haste with which we were made
arguidos. As I stated at the time, no one can doubt how we have been
scrutinised.
We hope that, if as reported, the justice minister said the
investigation is nearing a close that our arguido status will be lifted in the
near future so that everyone can concentrate on searching for Madeleine. We
will not give up looking for her until she is found and we hope that the police
are similarly determined.
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