UK letting down children recruited, raped, abducted and killed in war

Britain has failed to address the plight of millions of children who are caught up in war, and lacks "a tangible, or indeed any kind of strategy" to help them, a parliamentary report said. "We have seen a record number of children displaced, deliberately targeted, recruited into armed forces and groups, and become victim to horrific acts of violence and abuse," said Fiona O'Donnell, chair of the all party parliamentary group on protecting children in armed conflicts. Up to 230 million children live in countries affected by armed conflicts with 20 million children forced from their homes because of fighting, the report said. Criticizing successive British governments for failing to address the problem, the report said the government had no strategic approach to children affected by armed conflict and does not coordinate its efforts.

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