Frightening report: 43.3 million children affected

UNICEF has released a report on displaced children around the world. Catherine Russell, Executive Director of UNICEF, said: “The increase in the number of displaced children is associated with disasters caused by conflicts, crises and climate change around the world.” she made the statement.

While the report noted that most displaced children spend their entire childhoods this way, “The number of children forcibly displaced has doubled in the last 10 years.” It was said.

It was stated in the report that the war in Ukraine forcibly displaced 2 million children and 1 million children were internally displaced.

In the report, it was indicated that 60 percent of the 43.3 million children were displaced as a result of the conflict and violence, while the number of children applying for asylum reached 17.5 million.

In the report, which states that 940,000 children have already been displaced due to the conflict in Sudan, it was noted that extreme weather events also displaced millions of children. (AA)