Attacks on children in war zones almost triple since 2010
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Attacks on children forced to live in conflict zones have almost tripled over the last decade, the United Nations has said.
Some 170,000 violations against youngsters – including killing, maiming, sexual violence and child recruitment – have been verified since 2010, Unicef reports.
The figure amounts to the equivalent of 45 abuses every single day for 10 years.
But even that may be just the tip of the iceberg, it is said: many thousands more attacks are thought to have gone unreported.
‘Conflicts around the world are lasting longer, causing more bloodshed and claiming more young lives,’ Henrietta Fore, executive director of Unicef, said. ‘Attacks on children continue unabated as warring parties flout one of the most basic rules of war: the protection of children.’
In 2018, the last year for which full figures are available, the UN verified more than 24,000 violations – almost three times higher than the corresponding figure collated in 2010.
Children in Syria, Yemen and Afghanistan...
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