28 MILLION CHILDREN HOMELESS SAYS UNICEF.
In a new UNICEF report released on Wednesday, it says that more than 28 million children have been driven out of their homes by conflicts and violence all over the world. The report which was released in New York said the figure includes 10 million child refugees and 17 million internally displaced children. UNICEF report found that a total of 50 million children are either refugees, internally displaced inside their own countries or migrants searching for better life abroad due to gang violence and poverty. UNICEF urges countries in the report to look at underage refugees and migrants as children “first and foremost,” who are especially vulnerable to violence and exploitation. It noted that children made up about half of the world’s refugees seeking shelter abroad in 2015, with 45 per cent of child refugees under the UN’s care coming from Syria and Afghanistan. The number of children travel