FOI 26432
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION REQUEST REFERENCE NO: HRC0026432/26
I write in connection with your request for information which was received on 18th August 2026. Please find below the response to your request:
REQUEST 1:
Q1 What system or process do you use for classifying a missing person's ethnicity and nationality?
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REQUEST 2:
Q2 How is a missing person's ethnicity and nationality determined?
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REQUEST 3:
Q3 How many Vietnamese adults have been recorded as missing and not found since 2022?
Calendar or financial years are acceptable.
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REQUEST 4:
Q4 How many Vietnamese adults have been recorded as missing and subsequently found since 2022?
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REQUEST 5:
Q5 How many missing people currently on your recording system have an unspecified nationality?
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REQUEST 6:
Q6 How many missing people currently on your recording system have an unspecified ethnicity?
Reply
REQUEST 1:
Q1 What system or process do you use for classifying a missing person's ethnicity and nationality?
Informant/Misper determined – Officers/Call takers ask the question and then selected on COMPACT
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REQUEST 2:
Q2 How is a missing person's ethnicity and nationality determined?
Informant/Misper determined – Officers/Call takers ask the question and then selected on COMPACT
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REQUEST 3:
Q3 How many Vietnamese adults have been recorded as missing and not found since 2022?
Calendar or financial years are acceptable.
0
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REQUEST 4:
Q4 How many Vietnamese adults have been recorded as missing and subsequently found since 2022?
0 (1 was reported missing in 2011 and located in 2023)
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REQUEST 5:
Q5 How many missing people currently on your recording system have an unspecified nationality?
Not Specified – 42,765 however is not a mandatory Field.
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REQUEST 6:
Q6 How many missing people currently on your recording system have an unspecified ethnicity?
Not Specified 10840
Not Stated 1035