国际英语资讯:UNICEF raises alarm over displaced children amid COVID-19
<p><span word="LAGOS">LAGOS</span>, <span word="May">May</span> 5-- <span word="The">The</span> <span word="UNICEF">UNICEF</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="called">called</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="actions">actions</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="internally">internally</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="among">among</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span>.</p><p><span word="While">While</span> <span word="introducing">introducing</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="latest">latest</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="UNICEF">UNICEF</span>, <span word="Peter">Peter</span> <span word="Hawkins">Hawkins</span>, <span word="UNICEF">UNICEF</span> <span word="representative">representative</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Nigeria">Nigeria</span>, <span word="told">told</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Abuja">Abuja</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="hundreds">hundreds</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="thousands">thousands</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="northeast">northeast</span> <span word="Nigeria">Nigeria</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="shadow">shadow</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="challenging">challenging</span> <span word="shadow">shadow</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="global">global</span> <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="potential">potential</span> <span word="socio">socio</span>-<span word="economic">economic</span> <span word="aftermath">aftermath</span>.</p><p>"<span word="When">When</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="like">like</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19 <span word="pandemic">pandemic</span> <span word="emerges">emerges</span>, <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="children">children</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="especially">especially</span> <span word="vulnerable">vulnerable</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="gaps">gaps</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="our">our</span> <span word="ability">ability</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="safe">safe</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="even">even</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="stark">stark</span>. <span word="We">We</span> <span word="must">must</span> <span word="urgently">urgently</span> <span word="work">work</span> <span word="together">together</span> - <span word="all">all</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="us">us</span>, <span word="government">government</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="humanitarian">humanitarian</span> <span word="partners">partners</span> - <span word="to">to</span> <span word="keep">keep</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="safe">safe</span>, <span word="healthy">healthy</span>, <span word="learning">learning</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="protected">protected</span>," <span word="Hawkins">Hawkins</span> <span word="said">said</span>.</p><p><span word="According">According</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="UNICEF">UNICEF</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="titled">titled</span> "<span word="Lost">Lost</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Home">Home</span>", <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="end">end</span> <span word="of">of</span> 2019, <span word="an">an</span> <span word="estimated">estimated</span> 46 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="internally">internally</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="conflict">conflict</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="violence">violence</span> <span word="across">across</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>. <span word="About">About</span> 19 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="were">were</span> <span word="children">children</span>.</p><p><span word="There">There</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="currently">currently</span> 1.9 <span word="million">million</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="homes">homes</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="restive">restive</span> <span word="northeast">northeast</span> <span word="Nigeria">Nigeria</span>, <span word="with">with</span> 60 <span word="percent">percent</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="children">children</span>, <span word="said">said</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="report">report</span>.</p><p><span word="The">The</span> <span word="report">report</span> <span word="continued">continued</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="crowded">crowded</span> <span word="living">living</span> <span word="quarters">quarters</span>, <span word="limited">limited</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="clean">clean</span> <span word="water">water</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="sanitation">sanitation</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="cutting">cutting</span> <span word="off">off</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="public">public</span> <span word="health">health</span> <span word="messages">messages</span>, <span word="internally">internally</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="risk">risk</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="rapid">rapid</span> <span word="spread">spread</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="COVID">COVID</span>-19.</p><p><span word="Hawkins">Hawkins</span> <span word="said">said</span> <span word="looking">looking</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="risks">risks</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="challenges">challenges</span> <span word="facing">facing</span> <span word="internally">internally</span> <span word="displaced">displaced</span> <span word="children">children</span>, <span word="urgent">urgent</span> <span word="actions">actions</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="government">government</span>, <span word="civil">civil</span> <span word="society">society</span>, <span word="private">private</span> <span word="sector">sector</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="humanitarian">humanitarian</span> <span word="actors">actors</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="needed">needed</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="protect">protect</span> <span word="them">them</span>.</p>
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