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These Australians come from different walks of life but they all share one thing in common. Their photographs hang in the homes of devastated loved ones who cling to hope they will one day walk through the door. More than 38,000 people go missing in Australia each year, but 95 per cent are found within a month. This Christmas, there will be 2,600 families whose loved ones are unlikely to be joining them at the table. More than 38,000 people going missing in Australia each year. While the majority are found, there are currently around 2600 people who are considered permanently missing There is a name for the torture they endure daily - ambiguous loss - a grief defined by the lack of closure or understanding of the fate that befell their missing loved one.