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Largest number of children displaced in 2019

Largest number of children displaced in 2019

According to a new report of the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) an estimated 19 million children, more than ever before, were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019.

The report highlighted that 19 million children were living in displacement within their own countries due to conflict and violence in 2019.

In 2019, an estimated 46 million people were internally displaced by conflict and violence.

It also stated that there were around 12 million new displacements of children in the 2019, out of which 3.8 million of them were caused by conflict and violence, and 8.2 million by disasters related to weather-related events like flooding and storms.

UNICEF also called on governments to take concrete action and investment that will help provide protection and equitable access to services for all internally displaced children and their families.

The three major countries that reported more than half of persons displaced due to conflict and violence children are Syria, Congo, and Yemen.

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