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‘Forcible transfer’: Orphans from Ukraine ‘taken’ by Russia

Rights group says 100 institutions that housed more than 32,000 children are now in territories under Russian occupation [File: Edgar Su/Reuters]

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had “devastating” consequences for children in residential institutions with thousands transferred to occupied territories or into Russia, according to Human Rights Watch (HRW).

In the report released on Monday, the watchdog also said the war highlighted the urgent need for reform in Ukraine, which had more than 105,000 children in institutions before the invasion, the largest number in Europe after Russia.

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