Ukraine: War means tough choices in Ukraine’s vast child protection system
Reuters – March 28, 2022
Before Russia’s invasion, Ukraine had 100,000 children living in nearly 700 state shelters, boarding schools and baby homes, according to U.N. children’s agency Unicef. The latest data, shared with Reuters by the ministry for social policy, showed that as of March 25 around 6,500 of these children had been evacuated to safer areas in the country or abroad since the beginning of the war. Some 47,300 – or almost half of the children in the system – have been hurriedly returned to their parents or legal guardians, which caregivers and child psychologists say raises its own challenges.
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