Around 50 mn children uprooted by crises: UNICEF
Around 50 million children worldwide have been "uprooted" from their homes due to violence, poverty, and other factors which are out of their control, according to a UNICEF report. It added that 45% of all child refugees under UNHCR’s protection in 2015 came from Syria and Afghanistan, while over 1,00,000 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in 78 countries in 2015.