United Nations Children's Association: The highest record since the World War II in the world

Xinhua News Agency, United Nations, June 17 (Reporter Wang Jiangang) According to the latest survey data released by the United Nations Children's Foundation (Children's Foundation) on the 17th, as of the end of 2021, the number of children who had departed from fault due to conflict, violence and other crises reached 36.5 million. It is the highest number since World War II.

The press release issued on the same day of the Nykyo Society said that this number includes 13.7 million children's refugees and children seeking asylum, as well as nearly 22.8 million children who are displaced in China due to conflicts and violence, but do not include climate and environmental shocks and disasters. Children who are displaced.

The Foundation will say that the number of recorded records is the direct result of a series of crisis, including the serious and continuous conflict of countries such as Afghanistan and other countries, and the turbulent situation of the Democratic Republic of the Congo Democratic Republic and Yemen. Destructory effects are constantly deteriorating.

Catherine Russell, executive director of the Puki Council, said that she hoped that this shocking number would promote the governments of various countries to take measures to prevent children's displacement and ensure that the displacement of children to obtain education, protection and other necessary services.

The children also said that only half of all refugee children can go to elementary school, and less than a quarter of refugee adolescents can go to middle school. The need for medical care, education, protection, etc. The number of children and the number of children and refugee children who have supported and served in the service set a new record. At the same time, children who are unattended or have disappeared with their families face high risks of traffic, exploitation, violence and abuse. Globally, children account for 28%of the victims of the population.

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