UNITED NATIONS, United States: Almost 50 million children throughout the world have been “uprooted,” forcibly displaced from their home countries by war, violence or persecution, the United Nations children’s program said on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila). In its analysis of global data, UNICEF found 28 million of those children were displaced by violence and conflict, including 10 million child refugees. There were also one million asylum seekers whose refugee status is pending and approximately 17 million children displaced within their own countries lacking access to humanitarian aid and critical services. Some 20 million other children have left their homes for various reasons including gang violence or extreme poverty. UNICEF pointed to children accounting for a “disproportionate and growing proportion” of people seeking refuge outside their birth countries.

Source: Manila Times September 07, 2016 12:33 UTC