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[Dateline]Europe's Refugee Orphans

11-year-old Omar lost both his parents as they were smuggled into Europe across The Turkish and Bulgarian Border.
11-year-old Omar lost both his parents as they were smuggled into Europe across The Turkish and Bulgarian Border. Source: SBS

What happens to refugee children when their parents die?


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By Stellar Kim

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What happens to refugee children when their parents die?


Dateline talks to migrant kids dealing with the daily struggle of survival, including two young siblings living in a derelict petrol station in Greece. They are among tens of thousands of refugee children stranded in Europe without their parents. Of the more than 325,000 migrants that have arrived in Europe by sea through the Mediterranean this year, 28 per cent are children. And of the 169,000 migrants that have arrived in Greece by sea this year, children make up 37 per cent.Will these refugee children find the new beginning they are looking for?


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