Source: Google ImagesMore and more kids are being shot, bombed and burned to death in Syria. The numbers of children missing and leaving Syria and going to refugee camps has reached 1 million.
“This one millionth child refugee is not just another number. This is a real child ripped from home, maybe even from a family, facing horrors we can only begin to comprehend,” said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake on Friday.
The United Nations figures show that there are over 740,000 Syrian child refugees under the age of 11. Seven thousand have already lost their lives in the ongoing civil war in Syria. UNICEF estimates that about 4 million children total are being affected by the ongoing war in Syria.
Since the beginning of the conflict, nearly 470,000 Syrian children have received emotional support from more than 220 child-friendly spaces. They include 250,000 children in Syria; 128,000 in Lebanon; 80,000 in Jordan; 5,500 in Iraq and 5,000 in Turkey.
“The youth of Syria are losing their homes, their family members and their futures. Even after they have crossed a border to safety, they are traumatized, depressed and in need of a reason for hope,” said UN High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres.
While some children travel safely with their families, others are attacked and hurt during their journey to the surrounding countries.
Seven-year-old Jalal is among the 140,000 children living in Syrian refugee camps in Jordan. As he was running away from bombs, he fell on his arm and broke it.
More than 75% of the children living in the Syrian refugee camps are usually under the age of 11. In most camps, although they’re safe, they have little to no food and cannot attend school. They often have to work and beg for food.
These children that have been traumatized by the multitudes of deaths and wars in Syria have to continue living their lives remembering these thoughts and most have to continue living in poverty and surrounded by war.
