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Category Archives: migration
New 2019 GEM Report shows insufficient progress including migrants and refugees in national education systems
Launched at events across five continents today, the new Global Education Monitoring Report, Building Bridges, not Walls shows that progress is insufficient in providing an inclusive education for migrants, refugees or other displaced people. Migration and displacement affect education. … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, Equality, Equity, immigration, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized
Tagged #Target 4.5, 2019 gem report, global compact for migration, global compact for refugees, immigrant, Inclusion, inclusive education, leave no one behind, migrants, migration, refugee education, refugees, SDG 4
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A teacher remains fiercely committed to her students as UNRWA schools face closure
Nesrin Ayoub is the head-teacher of an UNRWA-run girls’ primary school of 450 girls aged 6-16 years in Ein Hilweh Refugee Camp, in Lebanon. All the children are all Palestine refugees from Lebanon and Syria. People in the Ein Hilweh … Continue reading
Posted in Conflict, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized, violence
Tagged 2019 gem report, conflict, migration, refugee, refugee education, refugees
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#EducationOnTheMove campaign – meet Richard
It’s back to school month in many countries around the world. Pencils, bags and reading lists are being compiled by some children, but not by all. Meet Richard, an asylum seeker from Chad. Aged 21 years, he left Chad after … Continue reading
Hungarian university suspends education programmes for refugees and asylum seekers
Two weeks ago the Central European University (CEU) announced it was being forced to suspend its education programmes for refugees and asylum seekers because of new tax legislation that came into effect on August 24. The law implies a 25% … Continue reading
Only a quarter of Rohingya refugees’ education needs have been met
This time a year ago, the mass exodus of refugees began from Myanmar to Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh. But one year on and only a quarter of the funds requested by 11 partners to cover their education needs have been … Continue reading
Schools for 2000 children in Kenya’s Kibera slum bulldozed to the ground
Families in Kibera slum, Nairobi, were given two weeks before their houses, shops and schools were demolished by bulldozers at the end of July to make way for a $20 million new dual-carriageway. The demolition plan included the following schools, … Continue reading
Posted in migration, Uncategorized, Urbanization
Tagged 2019 gem report, sub-Saharan Africa, urban policy
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Initial findings from the new Afrobarometer confirm that educated people are more likely to migrate
The Afrobarometer is a pan-African network that carries out face to face opinion surveys in more than 35 countries each year. The full data is due out later this year, but initial data from nine countries – Ghana, Benin, Côte … Continue reading
Posted in Africa, immigration, migration, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, Africa, migration
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What does the final draft of the Global Compact for Migration say about education?
The final draft of the first intergovernmentally negotiated agreement on the governance of migration, the Global Compact for Migration, was released today. This is not a small feat given the vast divides in opinion on this issue around the world … Continue reading
OECD countries prioritize education to improve inclusion of migrants and refugees
There’s a deluge of reports on migrants and refugees just out. The 2018 International Migration Outlook, OECD’s report on migration flows and policies was released last week. Reflecting the tone of the latest UNHCR report on the rise of the … Continue reading
Posted in immigration, Language, migration, Uncategorized
Tagged 2019 gem report, displaced populations, displacement, immigration, migrants, migration
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What education policies did European countries prioritize for migration in 2017?
Migration continues to be very high on the political agenda of high income countries. Europe is home to 30% of the total population of migrants. The Annual Report on Migration and Asylum 2017, a monitoring tool that reviews policy developments … Continue reading
