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Sep 2023
48m 18s

UNICEF: 60% jump in unaccompanied child ...

Bbc World Service
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The United Nations says 60% more unaccompanied children made the dangerous sea crossing from North Africa to Europe last year. Also in the programme: a suicide bomb attack in Pakistan has killed more than fifty people gathering at mosque on a religious holiday. And the family in Norway looking for an earring lost in their garden who found Viking treasure in ... Show More
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