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There are now over one million child refugees because of the war in Syria. The United Nations this number "a shameful milestone". The children were to leave Syria because it is too dangerous for them to in the country. Most of them are in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon. They have recently to Europe and North Africa. The United Nations said: "This one millionth child refugee is not just another number. This is a real child from home, maybe even from a family, horrors we can only begin to ." Another 2 million children in Syria no home. Half of Syria's 2 million refugees children. Over 740,000 of these are under the age of eleven.

Syria's civil war in March 2011. The UN says it is the worst refugee crisis for 20 years. The last situation as bad as Syria the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The UN high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, reporters: "The youth of Syria are their homes, their family members and their futures. Even after they have a border to safety, they are traumatised, depressed and in need of a reason for hope." The UN the world that the children many dangers. Many are now illegally for child labour. Others are sold for early marriages or for the sex trade. Very few of the children can to any kind of school. The UN just 118,000 of the children are in education.