More than 4 million Ukrainian refugee children face food and shelter insecurity, exploitation

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March 23, 2022

A woman with two children and carrying bags walk on a street to leave Ukraine after crossing the Slovak-Ukrainian border in Ubla, eastern Slovakia, close to the Ukrainian city of Welykyj Beresnyj, on Feb. 25, 2022, following Russia's invasion of the Ukraine. (Peter Lazar/AFP via Getty Images)

The United Nations High Commissioner now estimates that 10 million of Ukraine's 41 million people have been displaced from their homes. He's calling it the most rapidly expanding refugee crisis since World War II.

According to UNICEF, that includes more than 4 million children. Stark numbers they released last week said that one Ukrainian child became a refugee every second in the first three weeks of the conflict — about 55 kids per minute.

Joe English is with UNICEF and joins Here & Now host Celeste Headlee to discuss the crisis.

This segment aired on March 23, 2022.

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