{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/68d6ac9860e4b2ea7d2f3cb5?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Officials fear right not to send kids to school or tell state they exist could be dangerous ","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/65670352d7b5d40012be7324/1758899268615-2ef42f92-73b5-4144-956a-38ce22ae26ec.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Northern Ireland’s education system has no idea how many children it’s responsible for and there's no legal requirement for parents to tell education authorities they have a child. Stormont doesn’t know how lots of children are being educated – or whether they’re being educated at all.&nbsp;&nbsp;Documents show some senior Stormont officials fear these ‘missing children’ are vulnerable to “sexual exploitation”.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>The Belfast Telegraph’s Northern Ireland editor Sam McBride has been investigating this story.</p><p><br></p>","author_name":"Belfast Telegraph"}