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COMING TOGETHER FOR REFUGEE EDUCATION

Coronavirus a dire threat to refugee education – half of the world’s refugee children out of school

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Iran. Afghan refugee sisters go to school for the first time

““The coronavirus could destroy the dreams and ambitions of these young refugees... steady and hard-won increases in school, university, technical and vocational education enrollment could be reversed – in some cases permanently.”

UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi

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Press briefing at Palais des Nations in Geneva to launch UNHCR's 2020 Education Report

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For technical expertise on education, please contact:

Becky Telford, UNHCR Chief of Education, [email protected], +45 45 33 63 35
Mamadou Dian Balde, Deputy Director of UNHCR's Division of Resilience and Solutions, [email protected], +41 22 739 8795
Jennifer Roberts, UNHCR Senior Education Officer, [email protected], +45 45 33 65 22
Benoit d'Ansembourg , UNHCR Senior Education Officer, [email protected], +45 45 33 64 07

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Boris Cheshirkov, Communications Officer, [email protected], +41 79 433 7682
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