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Displaced, refugee Syrian children live in a truck after fleeing violence near the Turkish border

Displaced, refugee Syrian children live in a truck after fleeing violence near the Turkish border Source: AAP

Today there are more forcibly displaced people globally than at any time since the end of the Second World War - and half of them are children.


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By Bethany Bell (BBC)

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Today there are more forcibly displaced people globally than at any time since the end of the Second World War - and half of them are children.



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