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AccordingtoUNICEF(2016),over31millionchildrenwereamongstall
recordedinternationalmigrantsworldwide.Amongstthem,28millionwere
forcedtomovebyviolence,11millionofthesechildrenwereclassedasref-
ugeesorasylumseekers,whilstanother20millionconstitutedsocalledother
internationalmigrants.Whereastheproportionofadultrefugeeslivingout-
sidetheircountryoforiginis1in20,itismuchhigheramongstchildren,
totalling1in3.AbouthalfoftherefugeesfromSyria,AfghanistanandSoma-
liaareminors.Thisisjustoneofmanyindicatorsprovingthattherefugee
populationismuchyoungerthantheoverallmigrantpopulation.Overahalf
oftherefugeesarechildrenunder18,whilstintheoverallmigrantpopulation
theproportionofchildrenremainsat13%.Moreover,1in8international
migrantsisachild.ThisismuchhigherinthecaseofmigrantsfromAfrica
-where1in3isachild.7in10childrenseekingasyluminEuropeescaped
conflictsinSyria,AfghanistanorIraq.AsiaandAfricatogetherhost3outof
5migrantchildren,indicatingthatmediadiscourses,claimingthatEuropeis
thesoledestinationwhichacceptsthehighestnumbersofrefugees,aretruly
overstated(seegraphno.1).
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Asia
Alldisplacedchildren
Africa
LatinAmerica
Carabbean
andthe
Internationalmigrantchildren
Europe
America
North
Oceania
Graph1.Distributionofinternationalmigrantchildrenamongstregionsandthe
ratioofalldisplacedchildrenbyregion
Source:Uprooted.Thegrowingcrisisforrefugeeandmigrantchildren.UNICEF(September2016)
https://www.unicef.org/publications/index_92710.html,p.24.
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