“Internally displaced and refugee children in Iraq
and other conflict zones are among the most vulnerable people on earth and the
situation is getting worse. Consider one shocking statistic: the number of
child refugees globally has more than doubled in just 10 years. And when these
children do have the opportunity to flee to another country, the threats they
face do not disappear. Families can often struggle to gain a foothold; they
disproportionately face poverty and exclusion and are in desperate need of
essential services and protection. If you or I feel let down by or angry at the
asylum system for refugees in Europe, how must they feel?”— Actor and Unicef
ambassador Ewan McGregor, “Let Them Be Children,” The Financial Times, Sept.
17-18, 2016
(Photograph of Ewan McGregor at the Stormbreaker London premiere, July 2006,
taken by Caroline Bonarde Ucci)
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