3.6 million Iraqi children ‘at serious risk of harm’

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"111265417"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div><p>The UN children&&num;8217&semi;s fund has warned that 3&period;6 million Iraqi children are at &&num;8220&semi;serious risk&&num;8221&semi; of death&comma; injury&comma; sexual violence&comma; abduction and recruitment into armed groups&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In its report&comma; A Heavy Price For Children&comma; Unicef called on warring parties in Iraq to protect children&&num;8217&semi;s rights and said the number of youngsters at serious risk in the country has increased by 1&period;3 million in the past 18 months&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It describes Iraq as &&num;8220&semi;one of the most dangerous places in the world for children&&num;8221&semi;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The report said the 2014 invasion by Islamic State into large areas of Iraq&&num;8217&semi;s north and west and the military operation to unseat them have had a &&num;8220&semi;catastrophic impact&&num;8221&semi;&comma; with 4&period;7 million Iraqi children in need of humanitarian assistance&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>It said children are also affected by the lack of adequate healthcare&comma; poor public services and the desperate state of education&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;Children in Iraq are in the firing line and are being repeatedly and relentlessly targeted&comma;&&num;8221&semi; Peter Hawkins&comma; Unicef&&num;8217&semi;s Iraq representative&comma; said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&&num;8220&semi;We appeal to all parties for restraint and to respect and protect children&period; We must help give children the support they need to recover from the horrors of war and contribute to a more peaceful and prosperous Iraq&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unicef called for urgent action to protect children&&num;8217&semi;s rights in war-torn Iraq&period; It appealed for humanitarian access to all children across Iraq&comma; including in IS-controlled areas&comma; to improve education and to provide psychological and recreation programmes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Unicef said it is short of funding and is seeking £74 million for its work in Iraq throughout 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Iraq is going through its worst crisis since the 2011 withdrawal of US troops&period; 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