UN: Almost three hundred children believed dead or missing after trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea this year.
Global News Podcast
BBC
4.3 • 8.3K Ratings
🗓️ 14 July 2023
⏱️ 32 minutes
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| 0:14.2 | This is the Global News Podcast from the BBC World Service. |
| 0:20.4 | I'm Valerie Sanderson at 1300Is GMT. These are our main stories. |
| 0:25.2 | A new UNICEF report says almost 300 children who tried to cross the Mediterranean by boat this year |
| 0:32.2 | are believed to be dead or missing. |
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| 0:39.4 | The Indian Space Agency has launched its latest mission to land on the moon. |
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| 0:52.6 | And Guinness World Records has advised for people in Nigeria |
| 0:55.8 | who want to get their names on the list for carrying out extraordinary feats. |
| 1:00.6 | Check out that it's legitimate. |
| 1:02.6 | Who's the current record holder? |
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| 1:06.4 | But Nigerians are quite proud and they seem to have got rather carried away. |
| 1:14.0 | A new report from the UN Children's Agency UNICEF highlights the human cost of failed attempts |
| 1:19.6 | to cross the Mediterranean from North Africa to Europe. |
| 1:23.4 | The UN Agency estimates that nearly 300 children have died or disappeared |
| 1:28.0 | on that perilous route this year alone. |
| 1:30.8 | That equates to nearly 11 children every single week. |
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