Up to 12,000 more children join them every week, fleeing violence or hunger in Myanmar, often still traumatised by atrocities they witnessed, it said in a report “Outcast and Desperate”. One in five Rohingya children under the age of five is estimated to be acutely malnourished, requiring medical attention, he said. Unicef is providing clean water and toilets, and has helped vaccinate children against measles and cholera, which can be deadly, he said. “We repeat the call for the need for protection of all children in Rakhine state, this is an absolute fundamental requirement. The atrocities against children and civilians must end,” Ingram said.

Source: The Guardian October 20, 2017 01:30 UTC