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Staying the Course: The Challenges Facing Refugee Education

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UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is calling for an international effort to guarantee secondary education for refugee children and youth, as levels of school and university enrolment remain critically low.

“Without a secondary education, young people who should be embracing an important phase of growth, development and opportunity, instead face huge risks. Denying them a secondary education is like removing an entire section of a bridge that leads to their futures.”

Filippo Grandi, UN High Commissioner for Refugees

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Rebecca Telford, Senior Adviser on Education, [email protected] +45 45 33 63 35
Barney Thompson, Senior Global Editor/Writer, [email protected] +44 7719 553 786

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For more on UNHCR's work in the field of education, please refer to our education webpages
For more stories about refugee learners, please see our website "Becoming Who We Are".