Amelia Bambridge's claim they are being failed by the Foreign Office as they desperately try to find the missing British backpacker.

The 21-year-old's loved ones have asked people to sign a petition calling on the Government to do more to help them amid the ongoing search in Cambodia.

They have been running the "whole entire operation over there" and "have been without a good translator for days now", it is claimed.

Amid growing fears for Amelia, the petition calls on the Foreign Office to "stand up" for a British family "in need", claiming the British Government has "not done anything of the sort" since she vanished almost a week ago.

The Brit, from Worthing, West Sussex, was last seen leaving a beach party on the Cambodian island of Kon Rong last Thursday, and police have said they are looking for a body.

The Change.org petition was set up by a close friend on Wednesday and has been shared on Facebook by members of Amelia's family.

It says: "We are starting a petition to reach out to the UK Government and plead they help support us to find 21, Worthing UK, Amelia Bamdrige.

"She has been missing for now nearly a week from Koh Rong Island, Cambodia and her family are running the whole entire operation over there.

"We have had no support from our own UK Parliament and currently have been without a good translator for days now.

"This is proving difficult to transfer information to the family and we fear this could hinge our chances of safely bringing her home.

"It is the duty of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to stand up for British people in need, wherever they are in the world and as of yet, they’ve not done anything of the sort. Please sign!"

It adds: "She is a daughter, a sister, and friend to so many. She is SOMEBODY! Every minute that passes is hell for everyone around her and detrimental to her safety. Please help us find Amelia!"

Mirror Online has contacted the Foreign Office for comment.

Earlier, Amelia's aunt said she fears the missing Brit is being held captive by human traffickers, as a specialist search-and-rescue dog was brought in to look for the backpacker.

Her mother, Linda Schultes, and her aunt, Anna Bambridge, joined officials on the island as they tried to pick up a scent.

Her father, Phil Bambridge, joined officials on a boat to take part in a sea search.

Amelia's brother, Harry, and sister, Georgie, are among the family members in Cambodia where a search party of about 200 people is looking for Amelia.

In a candid interview, Johanna O'Flaherty, Amelia's aunt, likened her niece's disappearance to that of Natalee Holloway.

Natalee, from Mississippi, was 18 when she went missing during a high school graduation trip to the Caribbean in 2005 and has never been found.

Joanna, a trauma psychologist based in Las Vegas, told News3LV: “I think there is a very high possibility that she is in captivity.

"I believe that she was abducted, and there’s a good possibility that it is for human trafficking.”

The concerned aunt praised the Cambodian authorities for their work in trying to find her niece.

Echoing other family members out on the island, she also levelled a challenge at the British government to bolster the search effort.

"I’m appealing to the British government to send help to the island, to help the Cambodians and to help my family," Joanna said.

Yesterday police officials on the island admitted that the nature of their search had changed.

For the first time they told reporters they were now looking for a body, suggesting hopes of finding Amelia alive were beginning to fade.

Six people were also brought in for questioning by the police, although none are believed to have been detained.

In a candid interview worried dad Phil admitted the prospects of finding his daughter appeared to be getting worse.

"I'm not [optimistic], unless a miracle happens. I hope a miracle does happen, but I don't think we'll see her," Mr Bambridge told the Guardian.

"I spoke to her [before her trip] about safety, safety, safety, safety. And she was like, 'Yeah', she knew about all that. She was always reliable, switched on.

"But I think she still broke her own rules. She had her safety rules, and she let them slip, and she's now paid the ultimate price."

Mr Bambridge earlier reviewed CCTV footage of his daughter leaving her hotel at 2am to go to the beach party in order to clear up what had been conflicting timings provided by the authorities.

"We were getting conflicting times of when she got there," he told Sky News.

"I don't think she's in the sea, I think she's inland somewhere.

"I think someone's taken her. I don't think she's had an accident, if she'd had an accident she would have been found."

Amelia set off on her trip on September 27, when she flew to Vietnam, her family said.

They were alerted to her disappearance after she failed to check out of the Nest Beach Club hostel.

Her passport remained at the hostel.

Staff at Police Beach, a private venue that stages regular events, found Ms Bambridge's purple rucksack, containing her purse, phone and bank cards, the morning after she went missing.

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