Nearly 33 million children worldwide had been forcibly displaced by the end of 2019.
The scene inside the Central Methodist Church in Cape Town, where refugees have been staying since 30 October 2019. Picture: Gallo Images
He was convinced, and in February 2018, he and his brother, 25, boarded a bus to Zimbabwe. But his brother got captured by the Zimbabwean police. This was one of several letters written by undocumented and abandoned children and read out during a panel discussion hosted by the department of social development on Monday, with a host of panelists – including the department of home affairs, Save our Children and Unicef and the department of basic education.
While the latest exact numbers of migrant children is impossible to determine, Unicef’s data snapshot of migrant and displaced children in Africa released in 2019 indicates that Africa has the largest share of children among its migrant population, she said.
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