The UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported on 16 June that Turkey now hosted the largest number of child refugees from Syria, even more than Lebanon, according to a UN report. According to a UNICEF spokesperson, children accounted for 54 per cent of the 1.8 million refugees in Turkey: around 900,000 child refugees, compared to 670,000 in Lebanon. UNICEF staff in Turkey continue to monitor the situation and work in the fields of nutrition, hygiene, child protection and immunization.