Hundreds of thousands of children in Syria are at risk of being “preyed on and exploited” after being separated from their families or losing their homes in this week’s devastating earthquake, aid agencies working on the ground have warned 🔴 ...
after being separated from their families or losing their homes in this week’s devastating earthquake, aid agencies working on the ground have warned.
The World Health Organisation said on Tuesday that 1.4 million children were affected by this week’s earthquake which has While the full scale of the devastation and loss of life is not yet clear, aid agency World Vision said it estimated hundreds of thousands of children had been made homeless following the 7.8 magnitude quake., which has been devastated by more than a decade of civil war.
John Mooji, Syria response director at World Vision, said that these children were at risk of abuse by traffickers. “Hundreds of thousands are now homeless, and some will have been separated from their families, which further increases their risk of being exploited or facing abuse,” Mr Mooji said, adding that children in Syria were vulnerable to trafficking, sexual exploitation, early marriage, child neglect and child labour.
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