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Two Children Drown Every Day On Average Trying To Reach Safety In Europe

Two Children Drown Every Day On Average Trying To Reach Safety In Europe

by The Daily Eye Team February 20 2016, 2:46 pm Estimated Reading Time: 0 mins, 29 secs

In a joint statement, issued in Geneva, UNHCR, UNICEF and the IOM warned that the number of child deaths was on the increase and called for more measures to increase safety for those escaping conflict and despair. Since last September, when the tragic death of toddler AylanKurdi captured the world's attention, more than 340 children, many of them babies and toddlers, have drowned in the eastern Mediterranean. The total number of children who have died may be even greater, the sister organisations said, with their bodies lost at sea and never recovered.

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