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Myanmar children facing “hell on earth”

Myanmar children facing “hell on earth”

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A major alert has been issued for hundreds of thousands of Myanmar youngsters who’ve been forced to seek shelter in what’s been described as a “hell on earth” of makeshift camps in southern Bangladesh.

UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) raised the alarm in Geneva.

In a new report published on Friday about the emergency - sparked by a security operation in Myanmar’s Rakhine state seven weeks ago – the UN agency warned that youngsters account for well over half of the nearly 600,000 people who have arrived in Bangladesh in recent weeks.

Here's Daniel Johnson's report from Geneva.

Duration: 3'57"

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