In a shocking admission Friday the head of the Central Council of German Muslims claimed that the council does not know the whereabouts of some 5,000 refugee and migrant children who have vanished in the country since last summer. He assumes that they have either fallen victim to the active human trafficking trade or have had their organs harvested.

“Many of the 5,000 missing refugee and migrant children in German will have been forced into prostitution or harvested for their organs, according to the leader of the country’s Muslim council.

Aiman Mazyek, the chairman of the Central Council of German Muslims, said that immediate changes need to be made to the asylum system to protect children and young people.

He demanded to know why Europeans were not speaking out in defence (sic) of the missing children.”

Frankly I would like to understand how the council, and the German police, can account for a 38% rise in missing migrant and refugee children in under a years time. As of July 1, 2015 there were only 1,637 children in this population missing in Germany. As of January 1st, 2016 the number had ballooned to just under 5,000.