Three West African countries have recorded a five-fold surge in the number of children forced out of their homes due to escalating violence, according to a new Save the Children International (SCI) analysis.
Three West Africa n countries have recorded a five-fold surge in the number of children forced out of their homes due to escalating violence, according to a new Save the Children International (SCI) analysis. In a report released on Thursday, the charity organisation said it analysed figures from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), national governments, and the UN’s International Organization for Migration (IOM).
“The analysis revealed that the number of children forced to flee their homes has surged from around 321,000 in 2019 to around 1.8 million today. Since the start of 2023, some 53,000 children have been forced to leave their homes in these countries,” the statement reads.“Most of the children displaced – around nine in ten — have remained within their national borders, placing additional strains on cities and communities already stretched resources. “In addition, Côte d’Ivoire, which emerged from its own civil conflict in 2011, has also been affected by the spillover of conflict in the central Sahel. Conflict in neighboring Burkina Faso and Mali has led to a twelve-fold increase in children seeking refuge in the country, numbering around 2,450 at the end of 2022 and around 29,700 currently.” Vishna Shah, regional director of advocacy and campaigns for SCI, said the largely forgotten crisis in the central Sahel remains one of the worst humanitarian emergencies in the worl
West Africa Children Forced Displacement Violence Save The Children International Analysis
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