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'This is a lost generation of children'

Tens of millions of children across Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq have now missed school and suffered trauma as a result of conflict, says Justin Forsyth, Deputy Executive Director of UNICEF.

This "lost generation" are now vulnerable to the draw of extremist ideologies, he told The World At One.

(Photo: Iraqi child playing in a UN camp. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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