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STORY: UN / MIGRANT CARAVAN CHILDREN
TRT: 00:56
SOURCE: UNIFEED
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: ENGLISH / NATS
DATELINE: 07 NOVEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
FILE - NEW YORK CITY
1. Wide shot, UN flag outside UNHQ
07 NOVEMBER 2018, NEW YORK CITY
2. Wide shot, press room
3. Wide shot, journalists
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Stephane Dujarric, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, United Nations:
“In Mexico, the UN Children’s Fund has warned that many children traveling with the migrant caravan are showing signs of anguish and psychosocial distress. In certain cases, children are expressing fear of violence and separation from their families, while other children are finding it difficult to engage in play, recreational activities, or organized activities by UNICEF staff on the ground. The agency and its partners are quickly scaling up support for psychosocial intervention to reach the children in need. Psychosocial support can help lower the impact on children of having to abandon their homes and endure gruelling travel conditions.”
5. Wide shot, journalists
6. Wide shot, press room
A UN spokesperson said the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) warned that many children traveling with the migrant caravan in Mexico “are showing signs of anguish and psychosocial distress.”
Speaking to reporters in New York today (07 Nov), Stephane Dujarric said some children were expressing “fear of violence and separation from their families”, while others were finding it difficult to “engage in play, recreational activities, or organized activities by UNICEF staff on the ground.”
He said UNICEF and its partners are quickly scaling up support for psychosocial intervention to reach the children in need. He added, “Psychosocial support can help lower the impact on children of having to abandon their homes and endure grueling travel conditions.”
