Children at higher risk of displacement due to climate change, says Unicef


PETALING JAYA: Weather-related disasters have caused 43.1 million internal displacements of children in 44 countries between 2016 and 2021, says Unicef Malaysia.

Of this figure, 354,000 internal displacements were reported in Malaysia during the same period.

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