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UN calls on world leaders to help child refugees and migrants

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More than 300,000 children have migrated around the world alone in the past two years, and many young refugees have been forced into slavery and prostitution.Image: Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia (AAP)


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By Greg Dyett, Kirsty Johansen

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More than 300,000 children have migrated around the world alone in the past two years, and many young refugees have been forced into slavery and prostitution.Image: Afshan Khan, UNICEF Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia (AAP)


The UN's children's agency, UNICEF, says the global number of refugee and migrant children moving alone has hit a record high.


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