EU plans missing children hotline

The European Commission adopted 15 February 2007 the Decision reserving the 116000 telephone number in all Member States as a hotline for reporting missing children. Other common Europe-wide telephone services of social value starting with 116 may soon be reserved following this Decision.

• Primary Source

European Commission: Press Release: IP/07/188: 116000, the single EU hotline number for missing children http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6366225.stm

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