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Mother fleeing Islamic State: My starving children seem 'dead already'

These two boys arrived at the Hasansham refugee camp near Mosul within the last week. Their mother says she pleaded with the so-called Islamic State to give her children food, but she was ignored.

Now at the camp, she says she鈥檚 still concerned her sons aren't getting the help they need. She told 5 live's Anna Foster: "I've been here for 4 days and we have no food, we have not received clothes, as you can see they're wearing girl's dresses."

One of the many agencies who look after people inside the camps, UNICEF, say although they have seen cases of malnutrition they don't believe they're widespread at present.

鈥淚t鈥檚 so difficult for me, for my husband, for them,鈥 she added. 鈥淚 can see that they are dead already. I cannot believe that they are alive.鈥

This clip is originally from 5 live Breakfast on Tuesday 29 November 2016

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