U.N. warns of 'lost generation' of Rohingya children


Rohingya refugee children attend an Arabic school to learn to recite the Koran at Jamtoli camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, January 22, 2018. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain - RC1EDE937F60

GENEVA (Reuters) - The United Nations warned on Thursday of what it described as a lost generation of Muslim Rohingya children, with half a million in refugee camps in Bangladesh facing dangers including disease and floods and those still in Myanmar lacking access to proper education.

One year since 700,000 Rohingyas fled a violent crackdown by Myanmar security forces in Rakhine state, the U.N. Children's Fund (UNICEF) gave a bleak assessment of the outlook for children on either side of the border.

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