The UN children's agency said today that an estimated 46 million people _ 19 million of them children _ fled violence and conflict last year but remained in their home country, and millions more were displaced by disasters. Unicef says the 19 million children being displaced is more than ever before. "Millions of displaced children around the world are already going without proper care and protection,'' UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore said in a statement. That included 12 million children _ 3.8 million displaced by conflict and violence, and 8.2 million by disasters linked mostly to weather-related events like flooding and storms, it said. UNICEF said coronavirus pandemic is making a critical situation for displaced children and families even worse this year.

Source: The Standard May 05, 2020 05:26 UTC