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The parents who abduct their own children

A British child is abducted and taken abroad by a parent, on average, every day. Figures show numbers have increased dramatically - last year the UK Foreign Office dealt with nearly 500 - double the figure in 2005. Cases can take years to resolve especially when children are taken to countries with no agreement to return them home. ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Asian Network and Victoria Derbyshire reporter Divya Talwar has met a woman who did the abducting, and those left behind

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