SOUTHERN SHUNEH, Jordan (CNS) — The United States has a responsibility to help Jordan as it struggles to support hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees and must actively seek to end Syria’s long civil war, American human rights advocate Kerry Kennedy told a conference on forced migration.
“Stop the violence that creates the refugee crisis,” Kennedy said to an audience that included Nobel laureates, global leaders and children concerned about child trafficking, trauma and abuse stemming from the violence.
“We have not done what we should to stop that violence and we can do that more all over the world.”
The March 24-27 summit convened by Prince Ali bin al-Hussein of Jordan and Kailash Satyarthi of India, co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize, in this Dead Sea community called for an action plan to protect children on the move, especially as forced migrations worldwide are expected to increase over time.
The activists want to ensure that children, especially in the most vulnerable areas of the world, are free, safe, educated and healthy.
Kennedy, the daughter of American political icon Robert F. Kennedy, pointed to the staggering statistics: 50 million children are on the move around the world, 75 million need help to continue their education, 152 million are involved in child labor and 263 million are not in school.
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