France, Aug. 29 -- More than 2,000 children are sleeping rough on the streets of France due to a lack of emergency shelter, new figures show. Aid groups are demanding the government take urgent action.

A report by Unicef France and the Federation of Solidarity Actors (FAS), a network of organisations supporting homeless and vulnerable people, said child homelessness has risen by 6 percent in a year and 30 percent since 2022.

On 18 August, 2,159 children - including 503 under the age of three - had no place to sleep.

The count is likely an underestimate, as it only covers children whose parents called 115, the emergency number for homeless people.

"There are all kinds of children, but what worries us most is the rising number of very y...