Reuters, 19/01 15:15 CET
By Tom Miles
GENEVA (Reuters) – Thousands of
refugee children travelling along the migration route through Turkey
and southeastern Europe are at risk from a sustained spell of freezing
weather in the next two weeks, the United Nations and aid agencies said
on Tuesday.
The U.N. weather agency said it forecast below-normal
temperatures and heavy snowfall in the next two weeks in the eastern
Balkan peninsula, Turkey, the eastern Mediterranean and Syria,
Lebanon, Israel and Jordan.
“Many children on the move do not have adequate clothing
or access to the right nutrition,” said Christophe Boulierac, spokesman
for the U.N. children’s agency UNICEF.
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Source: Euronews
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