ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka follows India and Bangladesh in highest absolute number of child displacements linked to weather-related disasters, a United Nations Children’s Fund – South Asia report showed. “India, given its large population, experienced the highest absolute number of child displacements linked to weather-related disasters during this period, totaling 6.9 million across all hazards,” according to the report. “Bangladesh recorded the highest relative impacts, with child displacements representing an estimated 7.2 per cent of its child population. “Sri Lanka followed closely, with an estimated 4.6 per cent of its under-18 population displaced over the past seven years.” The country…
Sri Lanka ranked third in South Asia for child displacements from climate disasters: UNICEF
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