Abuse continues to plague the Hungarian child protection services, where professionals are silenced and minors are often harmed more than they are protected.

Since 2010, the number of children in the system has increased by 2,500, most aged between 6 and 13.

More victims have spoken out about the organiser of the Little Miss Hungary, who previously employed a photographer who has since been convicted of child pornography.

The well-connected former Bicske children's home employee received an extremely light sentence after abusing 4 minors.

In the midst of the Hungarian presidential pardon scandal, web pages about the heads of the Bicske children's home are quickly disappearing from the internet.

The owner of the Little Miss Hungary child beauty pageant asks for travel expenses in advance, then cancels the trips and refunds the money only partially or not at all.

The pandemic and the livelihoods crisis were among main causes why the number of children living in poverty in the EU in 2021 rose to 19 million.