Life after ‘missing’; what happens when someone returns home or is found

For some adults and children, home doesn’t feel like the safest places to be (Picture: Getty Images)

When someone disappears, there’s a domino effect of action to bring them to safety.

Posters are put up, appeals shared and articles written. More often than not, the person returns home after they realise how much they are missed. But even when that happens, their ordeal doesn’t end there.

‘Going missing might seem like a big part of someone’s journey, but coming back can be just as complex a situation,’ Josie Allan...