Question

Read the news article and do the following activities. Decide if the statements are true (T) or false (F). Correct the false statements.
There are now over one million child refugees because of the war in Syria. The United Nations called this number
“a shameful milestone.” The children were forced to leave Syria because it is too dangerous for them to stay in the
country. Most of them are in Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon. They have recently started escaping to Europe and North
Africa. The United Nations said: “This one millionth child refugee is not just another number. This is a real child
ripped from home, maybe even from a family, facing horrors we can only begin to comprehend.” Another 2 million
children in Syria have no home. Half of Syria’s 2 million refugees are children. Over 740,000 of these are under the age
of eleven.
Syria’s civil war started in March 2011. The UN says it is the worst refugee crisis for 20 years. The last situation
as bad as Syria was the 1994 genocide in Rwanda. The UN high commissioner for refugees, Antonio Guterres, told
reporters: “The youth of Syria are losing their homes, their family members and their futures. Even after they have
crossed a border to safety, they are traumatized, depressed and in need of a reason for hope.” The UN warned the
world that the children face many dangers. Many are now used illegally for child labor. Others are sold for early
marriages or for the sex trade. Very few of the children can go to any kind of school. The UN said just 118,000 of the
children are in education.
Source: . Accessed on: Aug. 28th
a) Syrian kids and their families leave their country to escape from war. ( )
b) Most of the child refugees are in Europe. ( )
c) The UN said it was shameful that there were so many child refugees. ( )
d) Half of all Syrian refugees are under the age of eleven. ( )
e) Kids who stayed in Syria are better off than the refugees. ( )
f) The UN said Syria’s refugee crisis is the world’s worst in two decades. ( )
g) The UN said the kids don’t face danger after they cross the border. ( )
h) Just a small number of the child refugees go to school. ( )

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