So many children killed, so many children wounded, and so many children displaced. It is always the children who get caught up in these civil wars. Children are supposed to be the hope of the future, yet the thousands of dead children have no future, and who knows how many thousands are disabled physically from wounds or from psychological damage?
The Children Of Syria: Absolute Losers Of The Civil War OpEd
December 7, 2013
By Sinem Özge Demir
Owing to the 3-year civil war in Syria, almost half of the population have been displaced and 2.3 million of them had to take refuge in neighboring countries. According to the estimations of the United Nations (UN), more than half of Syrian refugee population consists of children. The present situation of this refugee groups, who are struggling to survive in neighboring countries, has attracted attention not only in Turkey but also in the whole world.
Nowadays, while we are witnessing one of the biggest humanitarian tragedies of the modern history, a report which was published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is rather remarkable. Report about the children refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, firstly says a great many of these children who are observed to have psychological stress on them live either alone or away from their families. In addition to those, they cannot have education and they are forced into working illegally and under harsh conditions. Another significant detail that was noted by the UN researchers is that some of those children in Lebanon and Jordan who can frequently give aggressive or emotional reactions, want to go back to their countries to fight.
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The Children Of Syria: Absolute Losers Of The Civil War - OpEd Eurasia Review
The Children Of Syria: Absolute Losers Of The Civil War OpEd
December 7, 2013
By Sinem Özge Demir
Owing to the 3-year civil war in Syria, almost half of the population have been displaced and 2.3 million of them had to take refuge in neighboring countries. According to the estimations of the United Nations (UN), more than half of Syrian refugee population consists of children. The present situation of this refugee groups, who are struggling to survive in neighboring countries, has attracted attention not only in Turkey but also in the whole world.
Nowadays, while we are witnessing one of the biggest humanitarian tragedies of the modern history, a report which was published by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees is rather remarkable. Report about the children refugees in Jordan and Lebanon, firstly says a great many of these children who are observed to have psychological stress on them live either alone or away from their families. In addition to those, they cannot have education and they are forced into working illegally and under harsh conditions. Another significant detail that was noted by the UN researchers is that some of those children in Lebanon and Jordan who can frequently give aggressive or emotional reactions, want to go back to their countries to fight.
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The Children Of Syria: Absolute Losers Of The Civil War - OpEd Eurasia Review
