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flag Child recruitment in Colombia has quadrupled in five years due to violence, poverty, and lack of education, UNICEF says.

flag Child recruitment by armed groups in Colombia has quadrupled over the past five years, UNICEF reports, driven by violence, poverty, and lack of access to education and services. flag Children are often coerced or lured through false promises, including via social media, and face severe abuses such as sexual violence, killing, and attacks on schools. flag UNICEF stresses the need for expanded protection, prevention, and reintegration programs, urging authorities to treat recruited children as victims and strengthen community-based safeguards to reduce vulnerability.

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