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| Subject: That's statism for ya: Syria war creates 2.4 million child refugees, UN says Mon Mar 14, 2016 7:41 pm | |
| Syria's five-year-old conflict has created 2.4 million child refugees, killed many and led to the recruitment of children as fighters, some as young as seven, the UN children's fund UNICEF said on Monday.
Its report "No Place for Children" said more than 8 million children in Syria and neighbouring countries needed humanitarian assistance, with the international response plan for Syria chronically underfunded.
"Twice as many people now live under siege or in hard-to-reach areas compared with 2013. At least 2 million of those cut off from assistance are children, including more than 200,000 in areas under siege," it said.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/syria-war-creates-24-million-child-refugees-un-says-20160314-gniunl.html#ixzz42vKzzZnr |
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