Protection authority Kesb cases increased in 2023

The child and adult protection authorities registered 6.5% more cases involving children in 2023 than in 2022, the highest increase ever.

The main reason for the increase is more guardianships for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers, which must be ordered by law, the Conference for Child and Adult Protection (Kokes) wrote in a press release on Thursday.

Overall, the child and adult protection authorities (Kesb) recorded an increase in cases of around 3.5 percent. A total of 154,981 people were granted a protective measure (plus 5516 people). Two thirds of the measures were for adults. One third involved children.

According to Kokes, there were more court proceedings in which the parents have potentially conflicting interests. The authority received more reports of children at risk, including domestic violence or drug problems among parents.

SDA