Brit children lacking overseas as Interpol’s Yellow Notice checklist has 11 underneath 19

The official police search for missing British teenager Jay Slater has ended after nearly two weeks – but there are still 11 youngsters out there being actively searched for.

Although the 19-year-old was not on the Interpol list, his search was – and to some still is – considered very high priority. But for those who are unable to identify themselves when missing, Interpol will issue yellow notices to help locate them, and many of them are often minors.

Currently, the list has 66 British nationals on the list in total, but of those, there are 11 who are aged 19 or under. And of those, more than half are actually aged under 10.

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The youngest of those is seven-year-old Mohammaed Yaseen Safi, who disappeared in August 2020 at the age of just three, alongside brothers Bilal (now nine) and Mohammed Ebrar (now eight).

The trio are likely to have visited France, Pakistan, Afghanistan, and were reportedly taken at knifepoint from their foster mother – with police admitting a year later that they had no idea where they were.

It is thought that dad Imran Safi was the one who disappeared with them, and at the time Detective Chief Inspector Dan O’Sullivan said: “We were always some steps behind Safi and the children because of the planning he did. He was able to leave the UK by some clandestine means and we appeal for anyone with information to contact us.

“The children are still very young, and vulnerable. The family is from Kabul and they may possibly be in Afghanistan. We’ve liaised with our counterparts there, but found nothing. We are still concerned for their safety.”

Also missing is Kamal Rabah, now aged eight, and sister Kefah (now 10). The pair went missing from Shrewsbury, Shropshire in February this year, and are listed by Interpol as likely having visited Jordan.

Mum Alaa Azzam, who was given full custody in July 2023, claimed that the pair are now likely to be in Syria having been taken by the father.

She said, having flown out to Jordan to find them: “I feel I’m now out of this world. My brain is frozen. Syria is not a safe country. They must be absolutely petrified – I’m not leaving Jordan. Either I go back to the UK with my kids, or I’ll go to the grave.”

West Merica Police confirmed that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office were supporting the family.

Also missing are Serene Salama (now 14) and Sulaima Salama (15). Although not much is known about the pair, they both have dual Egyptian and went missing on the same date in in September 2011. The notice lists their father as Islam Mohamed Salama, but no other details have been given.

Rhian Francesca Toolan went missing from Little Bradley, Suffock in 2018 when she was aged just five. Dad Tom Toolan claims his ex – Edyta Sonta – took her to Poland without his knowledge, and told him via text message as he was on his way to collect her from nursery school.

He recalled, in 2023: “I was devastated. I was Rhian’s full-time carer from six weeks old and we did everything together. Rhian was very, very bright, funny, talkative, and knew how to wrap me round her little finger.

“We were inseparable. Above all Rhian was a very, very, very happy little girl. We enjoyed the simple things like shopping because for Rhian everything was an adventure.”

Despite the yellow notice, he claims that Polish Minister refuse to meet with him, and that UK courts also won’t help. A missing person’s report has been filled in the UK – EP-2019-07-21-1043 – but so far nothing appears to have been done to return the youngster to this country.

Now aged 15, Yara Badran went missing when she was aged just two-years-old in 2011. She is likely to have visited Saudi Arabia, having last been seen in Damascus, Syria. Her parents are listed as Bakr and Mortada Rola – but no other details are given.

Zachariyah Mahmood-Hameed is now aged 14, but was just eight when he was taken from Bolton in 2017. He is likely to have visited France and Pakistan, and his parents are listed as Mahmood Mazhar and Hameed Farhat.

Interpol says the boy has a “local Manchester accent,” although he was born in Ilford – no other details are given.

Lastly, Valentin Otto Stankowski was last seen in Zurich, Switzerland in February 2023, with a long list of countries likely visited including Croatia, United States, Costa Rica, Beliza, Mexico, Ireland and the UK.

His parents are listed as Daniel Rene Stankowski and Barbara Lynn Stcherbatcheff, although no details have been given about the disappearance.

If you have any details of any of the above missing youngsters, report it to your local police office or call 999.

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