- Title: Syria's unaccompanied children biggest victims of war - UNICEF
- Date: 15th March 2017
- Summary: BEIRUT, LEBANON (MARCH 15, 2017) (REUTERS) BANNERS INSIDE THE UNICEF OFFICE IN BEIRUT BANNER READING (English): "UNICEF for every child" VARIOUS OF UNICEF REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, GEERT CAPPELAERE BANNERS INSIDE UNICEF OFFICE (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNICEF REGIONAL DIRECTOR FOR THE MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA, GEERT CAPPELAERE, SAYING: "So for unaccompanied and separated children the situation is even harsher than for other children, and for children in general it's already a very, very difficult situation." MARJAYOUN, LEBANON (MARCH 15, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CHILDREN IN A REFUGEE CAMP IN MARJAYOUN, SOUTH LEBANON BEIRUT, LEBANON (MARCH 15, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNICEF REGIONAL DIRECTOR, GEERT CAPPELAERE, SAYING: "In 2016 every six hours a child, dying or severely injured in Syria. Every school day, the reality that every single school day a child gets killed, either by just sitting in the class or on the way to school, dramatic figures. But these are only the figures we have been able to verify. We do assume that indeed the number of child casualties is really much higher, unfortunately." SIDON, LEBANON (MARCH 15, 2017) (REUTERS) REFUGEES WALKING IN A REFUGEES CAMP NEAR SIDON IN SOUTHERN LEBANON VARIOUS OF CHILDREN IN REFUGEES CAMP IN ZAHRANI AREA, SOUTH LEBANON BEIRUT, LEBANON (MARCH 15, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNICEF REGIONAL DIRECTOR, GEERT CAPPELAERE, SAYING: "Many of these children are also undocumented. They don't have their paper, they don't carry their papers with them, meaning a problem not only for tracing but also a problem for registration in the shelters, the problem of registering them in the school." AKKAR, LEBANON (MARCH 15, 2017) (REUTERS) REFUGEE CAMP IN AKKAR, NORTH LEBANON VARIOUS OF CHILDREN INSIDE THE CAMP BOY COLLECTING WATER BEIRUT, LEBANON (MARCH 15, 2017) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) UNICEF REGIONAL DIRECTOR, GEERT CAPPELAERE, SAYING: "We were driving out of Aleppo yesterday, 15 minutes of driving in the midst of rubble and suddenly we see two, three, four children with their backpack on their way to school, incredible." AKKAR, LEBANON (MARCH 15, 2017) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF CHILDREN INSIDE A REFUGEE CAMP IN AKKAR, NORTH LEBANON SYRIAN CHILDREN COMING BACK FROM SCHOOL
- Embargoed: 29th March 2017 14:59
- Keywords: Lebanon Syria war children Unicef UN Aleppo education schools
- Location: BEIRUT, SIDON, MARJAYOUN AND AKKAR, LEBANON
- City: BEIRUT, SIDON, MARJAYOUN AND AKKAR, LEBANON
- Country: Lebanon
- Topics: Government/Politics,United Nations
- Reuters ID: LVA001682MWJR
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text: Syria's six-year war has taken a terrible toll on the country's children especially those who have been separated from their families, a senior UNICEF official told Reuters on Wednesday (March 15).
Furthermore, as well as the large number of direct casualties from warfare, many more children have died or suffered from indirect consequences of the crisis including a collapse in healthcare, according to UNICEF regional director for the Middle East and North Africa, Geert Cappelaere, who has just spent three days visiting Damascus, Homs and Aleppo.
UNICEF, the United Nation's agency focusing on children, issued a report on Monday on the war in Syria, which began after protests six years ago against President Bashar al-Assad.
In its report, UNICEF said it had documented the deaths of 652 children last year, 20 percent more than in 2015. But Cappelaere said that represented only a small proportion of the real number of deaths. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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