Recovered/Located UK - Linh Le, 15, visitor from Vietnam, separated from tour group, York, 6 Aug 2019

[GuyfromCanada]

15-year-old Linh Le is wearing an “Arianna Grande” white jacket, blue short jeans and black shoes with a white rucksack.
She is visiting York from Vietnam and was separated from her tour group at 4:30pm on Coney St.

Linh does not speak any English and has never been to the UK before.

It’s thought she might be still be in York city centre.

Any information or sightings please quote Log - 469 of today.

Any sightings please call police asap.

Teenage visitor to York goes missing

 

[GuyfromCanada]

Police searching for a missing 15-year-old Vietnamese girl in York believe she may be with a man.

Missing Vietnamese teenager in York 'may be with a man'

Uh-oh. Perhaps they've met online and she told him about the trip?

 

[mlhenn]

Police can now confirm she was last seen on the bar walls, above Station Rise, at 4.40pm yesterday.

Ten minutes prior, she was also seen in Coney Street. A description of the man she was with cannot currently be ascertained.

Missing Vietnamese teenager ‘may be with a man’

 

[Darling136]

PD post with update of the sighting

Police search for missing Vietnamese teenager - North Yorkshire Police

 

[Scratchet]

Any updates for Linh?

 

[broadviewren]

Eight men have been arrested in connection with her disappearance.

Police said: "Following enquiries, eight people have been arrested in connection with her disappearance and remain in custody for questioning.

"Officers are growing increasingly concerned for Lihn Le's safety and are appealing to the public for information as to her whereabouts.

"It is believed that she could be anywhere in the country."
Eight arrested over missing teenage tourist

 

[Darling136]

PD post
Search continues for 15 year-old Vietnamese tourist missing from York - North Yorkshire Police

 

[ammitty]

8 people arrested? My goodness. That’s a turn I wouldn’t expect.

 

[GraceG]

8 people arrested? My goodness. That’s a turn I wouldn’t expect.

I'm afraid with that number it was like a human or sex trafficking group. I do hope they find her soon.

 

[dms]

What does "on the bar walls" mean?

 

[Darling136]

What does "on the bar walls" mean?

Good question, learning again somehing new here!

York city walls - Wikipedia

York has, since Roman times, been defended by walls of one form or another. To this day, substantial portions of the walls remain, and York has more miles of intact wall than any other city in England. They are known variously as York City Walls, the Bar Walls and the Roman walls (though this last is a misnomer as very little of the extant stonework is of Roman origin, and the course of the wall has been substantially altered since Roman times). The walls are generally 13 feet (4m) high and 6 feet (1.8m) wide.[1]

Or...

Wall Trail – Home Page

 

[Lass from Yorkshire]

Have never thought how it must sound to others! Ancient walls which are wide on top so you can walk on them around the city and take in the sights.

 

[insearchoflight]

Oh dear! 8 ARRESTS!! Not just brought in for questions but arrested? I’m so concerned for this girl, this is terrifying!

 

[insearchoflight]

I'm afraid with that number it was like a human or sex trafficking group. I do hope they find her soon.

That’s immediately where my mind went too. And I know it’s rare for it to be trafficking in a situation like this.

 

[StarEyes]

Eight men have been arrested in connection with her disappearance.

Police said: "Following enquiries, eight people have been arrested in connection with her disappearance and remain in custody for questioning.

"Officers are growing increasingly concerned for Lihn Le's safety and are appealing to the public for information as to her whereabouts.

"It is believed that she could be anywhere in the country."
Eight arrested over missing teenage tourist

Oh my goodness! That sounds ominous and scary. I wonder how she got separated from her group? I really hope they can find her. Lots of prayers going up!

 

[whitelilac]

Following.
First it was said "It’s thought she might be still be in York city centre."

Now after the arrest of EIGHT men, it's stated " "It is believed that she could be anywhere in the country."
wth? Authorities wouldn't say that if they didn't have real cause to.
Last seen with an Asian man, about 20 years old, according to the article. Very afraid this young man lured her away from the group and took her somewhere on a pretext.

Hoping the arrest yields info on where this young woman is.....asap. She has to be rescued quickly.

 

[Atoz]

That’s immediately where my mind went too. And I know it’s rare for it to be trafficking in a situation like this.

I think it's probably more common than we realise. Quite often it's prearranged with family's prior to coming, thinking they will get work. Obviously they don't realise that it's just trafficking.

 

[FrostOwl]

I think it's probably more common than we realise. Quite often it's prearranged with family's prior to coming, thinking they will get work. Obviously they don't realise that it's just trafficking.

No, it's quite common, according to this article in Swedish there were at least 30,000 missing immigrant children in Europe in 2017 who came here without relatives, they are somewhere but nobody knows where or what have happened to them, and no one is looking to find them. Det finns åtminstone 30 000 försvunna barn i EU – och ingen försöker hitta dem
At least in this case the police is trying to find the missing girl.

 

[Al Ka]

I think it's probably more common than we realise. Quite often it's prearranged with family's prior to coming, thinking they will get work. Obviously they don't realise that it's just trafficking.

Yes, unfortunately it is quite common in UK just not discussed much. I have made thread for UK cases here -

UK - UK - Lingran Lin, 11, & Lingshan Lin, 15, Hove, Sussex, 29 July 2006 (Human Trafficking)

Sad situation is you never know at first if really something happened to them or if it is prearranged trafficking. Due to amount of arrest in this case I do lean on now to 2nd option, prearranged international trafficking.

 

[Ironside]

I don't think she went unwillingly with the man, this must have been pre-planned. Her plan could have been to pose as a tourist and then vanish for a new life in the uk. A young girl in this situation would be exploited terribly so even if she went along willingly it is still hugely concerning. She needs to be found.