1m Syrian children are refugees
The number of Syrian children forced to flee their homeland as refugees has hit one million, a charity warned.
UNICEF: One million children flee Syria as refugees
The number of Syrian children forced to flee their homeland as refugees has hit one million, a charity warned.
Children make up half of the refugees from the Syrian conflict with most arriving in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Iraq and Egypt, UNICEF and the UN's refugee agency said.
Around 740,000 Syrian refugees are believed to be under the age of 11.
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