Unicef and the UN

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Unicef and the UN begging for donations for the starving and diseased kids...

Hey... Welcome to the "lush green tropics" loaded with all kinds of "food" and "agriculture".
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More than 50% of refugees are children...

Nearly 50 million children are refugees or migrants, says UNICEF
Wed September 7, 2016 - Nearly 50 million children displaced; More than half of refugees are children; Nearly half of child refugees from Syria and Afghanistan

Nearly 50 million children worldwide have been uprooted from their homes due to violence, poverty and other factors out of their control, according to a new report released by the U.N. children's agency. Of that total, 28 million are child refugees who fled conflict, states the UNICEF report, "Uprooted: The growing crisis for refugee and migrant children." An additional 20 million are child migrants who left their homes in search of better lives. The report defines a child as any person below the age of 18. Although a migrant can be a refugee, the term refugee is specifically used to note people fleeing persecution. "Some move with their families and others are alone; some have planned their journeys for years while others must flee without warning," states the report, which was published on Wednesday.

Seven-year-old Fermina Bibi, from Kandahar, Afghanistan, lies wounded in a hospital bed. She and her brother were injured when their home in Kandahar was bombed. They were transported to Pakistan for treatment.​

The UNICEF report aims to highlight the rising number of young victims of conflict and the dangers faced by those displaced. It cites recent examples of child victims, including Alan Kurdi, the three-year-old Syrian boy who was found drowned and face down on a Turkish beach; and Omran Daqneesh, the five-year-old Syrian boy who sat shell-shocked in an Aleppo ambulance after his family's home was bombed in an airstrike. "Every child that has suffered, died, is a reminder of this huge challenge that we face," Justin Forsyth, deputy executive director of UNICEF, told CNN. "Every one of them deserves our help."

More than 50% of refugees are children

Children account for more than half of all refugees fleeing conflict, the report states. Nearly half of those children come from just two countries -- Syria and Afghanistan. What's more, the number of children fleeing alone is on the rise. In 2015, an estimated 100,000 unaccompanied children filed for asylum in 78 countries, the reports says. That's a threefold increase over 2014. UNICEF is calling on governments to do more to protect and help displaced children, including protecting them from exploitation and violence; ending the detention of those who seek asylum; keeping families together; and giving them access to education, health care and other services.

Numbers of unaccompanied children spiking