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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. BBC Asian Network and Victoria Derbyshire reporter Divya Talwar has met a woman who did the abducting, and those left behind

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