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August 27, 2013

U.N.: Bulk of Syria's 1 Million Child Refugees Displaced in Past Year 
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The United Nations' official death toll in the Syria conflict stands at
more than 100,000. On Friday, the United Nations announced what it
called a "shameful milestone" of some one million child refugees. UNICEF
Executive Director Yoka Brandt said the vast majority have been
displaced in the past year.

Yoka Brandt: "Last year around this time we had 70,000 Syrian refugee
children. Today we have reached one million — and that tells us
something about the escalation of this crisis and the problems facing
children. It is like you have two children fleeing Syria just about
every minute."

 

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