Most of Chad case children had families-UN report

ABECHE, Chad, Nov 1 (Reuters) Most of the 103 African children which a French group had planned to fly out of Chad to Europe as orphans said they had families which included at least one close relative, UN agencies said today.

A joint report by the United Nations children's agency UNICEF, the UN refugee agency UNHCR and the International Committee of the Red Cross also said most of the 21 girls and 82 boys aged 1-10 came from villages on the Chad-Sudan border.

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