The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported that the number of migrant children in Latin America and the Caribbean has reached record levels. In UNICEF’s statement, it was stated that factors such as gang violence, instability and climate change in the region caused migration.
It was stated in the statement that many young children, often alone, set out to migrate, and that issues such as gang violence, instability and climate change in the region caused migration.
In the statement, it was noted that children are exposed to events such as illness, injury, separation from family and harassment during their journeys.
REACHED A RECORD LEVEL
“The number of children migrating from Latin America and the Caribbean has reached record levels.” In the statement, it was noted that children constitute 25 percent of the migration in the region.
In the statement, it was pointed out that the rate of child migration worldwide was 13 percent, and it was underlined that 92 migrant children lost their lives last year.
In the statement, they warned about the seriousness of the situation and requested that aid be increased. (AA)
