It has also been suggested that one reason the emigration of the children was never documented was that the children were sold to a recruiter from the Baltic region of Eastern Europe, a practice that was not uncommon at the time.
Dalam suatu teori dinyatakan bahwa salah satu alasan mengapa emigrasi anak-anak tidak pernah didokumentasikan karena anak-anak tersebut dijual pada perekrut dari kawasan Baltik di Eropa Timur, dan merupakan praktik yang tidak lazim pada masa itu.