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More Abandoned Children as Europe Austerity Wears On [1]

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Published: Thursday, 9 Aug 2012 | 10:20 AM ET

By Holly Ellyatt [2], Assistant News Editor

Baby Hatch Germany
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A doll is used to demonstrate a "baby hatch" in Hamburg, Germany, in this 2000 file photo.

As the euro zone debt crisis deepens and austerity measures take their toll across Europe, the number of young children and babies abandoned across the region has increased, according to local charities.
 

The rise in the abandonment of infants across Europe is most visible in the spread of “baby hatches” [3] or “boxes” across Europe, where unwanted infants are left anonymously.

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[2] //soundofheart.org/id/15837548/cid/235312
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[4] http://www.cnbc.com/id/48585787