Refugee children more vulnerable in winter, says UNICEF
More than half of Syrian refugees are children. And while there are smaller numbers of children drowning at sea, refugee and migrant children are increasingly vulnerable now as winter is looming and the number of children in need is even more pressing.
UNICEF estimates more than half of Syrian refugees are children.
Even though there are now smaller numbers of children drowning at sea, refugee and migrant children are increasingly vulnerable now as winter is looming.
Sarah Crowe is the Crisis Communications Chief for UNICEF, which is the United Nations program that provides humanitarian assistance to children and mothers. We reached her in Geneva.
"There are now 174,000 child refugees and migrants now in Europe. But they are not just numbers."- Sarah Crowe, Crisis Communications Chief for UNICEF
This segment was produced by The Current's Shannon Higgins.
