More than 1.4 million people have been displaced by conflict in Myanmar -- including 520,000 children -- with 1.1 million forced to flee since the beginning of the political crisis and escalation of violence in February 2021.
The figures do not include the half a million Rohingya children who have been living in camps in neighbouring Bangladesh for more than five years.
Save the Children warned that the Myanmar crisis is one of the most underfunded humanitarian crises globally.
Olivier Franchi, Save the Children's Asia Programmes Director, said: "People don't just take the decision to leave their homes lightly -- this rapid escalation in children having to flee is down to the very real everyday threats to their lives from fighting in Myanmar."
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