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John McCann,
Madeleine’s
uncle, said:
“We are at
the stage
where we’re
feeling
comfortable
about
broadening
the issue. |
THE MOTHER of Madeleine
McCann may give up her
job as a doctor to
campaign against child
trafficking and raise
awareness about missing
children.
Kate and Gerry McCann,
whose four-year-old
daughter vanished in
Portugal 45 days ago,
are alarmed that child
trafficking is not taken
seriously enough.
Kate, 38, is now
considering leaving her
job as a GP to campaign
full-time.
A family friend said:
“They have come to
realise that this is a
major issue. If they can
act as figureheads then
that’s all well and
good.
Kate said last week, ‘This is my job now. I can see this becoming my full-time career, with this whole issue of child welfare and opposing paedophiles’.”
Her plans come after meeting child welfare groups and politicians on trips to European capitals.
The McCanns hope to lobby politicians to create an international system that would alert police, media and the public within hours of a child going missing. In Madeleine’s case, border posts were not told until 12 hours after her abduction.
John McCann, Madeleine’s uncle, said: “We are at the stage where we’re feeling comfortable about broadening the issue. Criminal abductions of children are happening fairly regularly across the world. It’s horrible. It’s a political issue that’s low on the agenda but should be higher.”
