Cole writes: "The United Nations High Commission on Refugees has issued a new report on the plight of Syrian refugee children. The numbers are horrifying."
Syrian refugee children walk in the Bab al-Salam refugee camp in Syria. (photo: Jim Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)
Syrian Refugee Children By the Tragic Numbers
01 December 13
he United Nations High Commission on Refugees has issued a new report on the plight of Syrian refugee children. The numbers are horrifying:
Population of Syria: 22 million
Number of Syrians made refugees in other countries by the civil war: 2.2 million
Number of Syrian refugee children: 1.1 million
Percentage of Syrian refugees who are children: 52%
Percentage of these children who are under the age of 12: 75%
Percentage of these children who said that a family member was dead or missing: 21%
Percentage of these children stuck at home for at least a week at a time: 29%
Percentage of Syrian refugee families in Jordan with at least one member working that depend in whole or part on the income generated by a child: 47%
Percentage of 270,000 school-age Syrian refugee children in Lebanon not attending school: 80%
Percentage of 187,675 school-aged Syrian refugee children in Jordan not attending school: 56%
Number of these children in Jordan and Lebanon living with no mother, father or other adult: 3,700
BBC reports:
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