Monday, 30. July 2012
Mothers who deny fathers access to the couple’s children after a break-up could be jailed
DailyMail Online 13.06.2012
James Chapman

Separated parents who fail to allow their partners to maintain a proper relationship with their children could be stripped of driving licences or passports, hit with curfews, ordered to do a period of unpaid work or even jailed.

Ministers have decided reform is necessary in the light of heartbreaking evidence that one in five children from a broken home loses touch with the parent that leaves the family home within just three years and never sees them again.

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Friday, 8. June 2012
Statement by Vice-Presidents Viviane Reding and Neelie Kroes on International Missing Children's Day
EUROPA Press Releases RAPID
25.05.2012

European Commission Vice-President Viviane Reding, the EU's Justice Commissioner said: "The International Day of Missing Children is essential to draw attention to the plight of all missing children and their loved ones. As every year, the European Commission is supporting the International Day to make sure we remember children who have gone missing, today and on every other day of the year. As families and children travel more and more within the European Union, we need phone numbers that are known by everyone and are the same whether you are calling from your home in Austria or your holiday destination in Spain."

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