Uprooted: The Growing Crisis for Refugee & Migrant Children - Girls

UNICEF’s Report finds nearly 50 million children have migrated across borders or been forcibly displaced. More than half of these have fled violence and insecurity.

The number of child refugees has risen 77 per cent in five short years

Direct Link to UNICEF 2016 Full Report:

http://www.unicef.org/emergencies/childrenonthemove/uprooted/

1 in 200children in the world is a child refugee.

1 in 8migrants in the world is a child.

28 Millionchildren have been displaced by violence.

Children are at the heart of one of the biggest movements of people in history. One in every 45 children in the world today is on the move. They may be labelled “refugee,” “displaced” or “migrant.” But first and foremost children are children. No matter where they come from, no matter who they are. Period.

Children are not responsible for the bombs and bullets, gang violence or shriveled crops and low wages driving them from their homes. But they are always the first to be affected by war, climate change and poverty.

Here’s one shocking statistic: The number of child refugees has risen 77 per cent in five short years. Astounding. Their voice, their plight and the issues they face must be heard.

Извор: WUNRN – 13.09.2016