{"id":3442,"date":"2014-03-02T07:32:55","date_gmt":"2014-03-02T07:32:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3442"},"modified":"2014-03-02T07:32:55","modified_gmt":"2014-03-02T07:32:55","slug":"thousands-of-children-flee-syria-without-parents-u-n-agencies-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/03\/02\/3442\/","title":{"rendered":"Thousands of children flee Syria without parents, U.N. agencies say"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/syria-children.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Thousands of Syrian children have crossed borders without the company of their parents or a guardian in order to reach safer neighboring countries, U.N. agencies told Al Arabiya News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cThere about 8,000 of these children, who have crossed the Syrian borders into neighboring countries unaccompanied by their parents [since the outbreak of the conflict in 2011],\u201d said Juliette Touma, a regional spokeswoman for the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF).<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Some children have crossed the borders because \u201cthey lost their loved ones\u201d or to sustain their families back home by working in the countries where they settled, said the spokeswoman.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">However, there are no figures detailing how many of these children have lost a parent, were orphaned or have finally reunited with their families.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cIn many cases, we have succeeded in reunifying the children with their families,\u201d she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Different reasons<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are differing reasons &#8211; such as jobs and fear of being drafted into militia groups &#8211; why many children have decided to escape their violence-torn country on their own.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a recent report that \u201cin many cases, refugee families lacking financial resources send their children to work [outside Syria] to ensure survival.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">It added: \u201cIn both Jordan and Lebanon, the researchers found children as young as seven years working long hours for little pay, sometimes in dangerous or exploitative conditions.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">An assessment in 11 of Jordan\u2019s 12 governorates found nearly one-in-two refugee households surveyed relied partly or entirely on income generated by a child.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Another reason for children crossing borders without adult supervision is the fear that they will be recruited by militias.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cSome of them have been taken part in the fighting with the militias or that they are worried that would recruited by the armed militias\u2026.that\u2019s why children cross the border alone,\u201d said Touma.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Traumatized<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Traumatized children receive support from psychologists in refugee camps, and some are eventually reunited with their families.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earlier in February, a picture of a four-year-old Syrian boy named Marwan, who had crossed the Jordanian desert unaccompanied by his parents as more refugees poured over the border spurred activity on social media.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The 8,000 figure according is not a \u201chuge number\u201d if it is compared to number of \u201cmore than 5 million children inside Syria and neighboring countries that need assistance,\u201d said Touma.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">But she said \u201calthough it is a small percentage, these children are one of the most vulnerable groups, mostly teenagers, aged 12 and above.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to UNHCR, there are \u201cover 70,000 Syrian refugee families live without fathers and over 3,700 refugee children are either unaccompanied by or separated from both parents.\u201d<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">As for whether these children are adopted, Touma declined to comment on the issue.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Since the start of 2014, UNICEF has so far raised around 10 percent of its $800 million target to help Syrian children inside and outside the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<\/span> 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