Category Archives: migration

We need more than money to help the millions of displaced children around the world

Posted on 20 June 2018 by GEM Report

The new UNHCR annual Global Trends figures show that there is now an unprecedented 68.5 million people around the world who have been displaced. Among them are 25.4 million refugees. These young people have extreme education needs, and expectations, which … Continue reading →

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Are you the voice of refugees on education?

Posted on 20 June 2018 by GEM Report

On this World Refugee Day, the GEM Report is launching a call for refugee students and their teachers to share their stories and photos about education. Our next report will be launched on November 20, will focus on the theme of migration, displacement … Continue reading →

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Ensuring learning with educational technology in emergency settings

Posted on 29 March 2018 by GEM Report

UNESCO’s annual Mobile Learning Week provides a unique opportunity for policy makers, civil society organizations, teachers, students and academics to share knowledge, innovations and good practices in mobile learning. A key theme at this year’s event is the role of … Continue reading →

Posted in emergencies, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, technology, Uncategorized | Tagged edtech, emergencies, migration, technology | 4 Comments

The importance of learning from data on education, migration and displacement

Posted on 12 February 2018 by GEM Report

By Manos Antoninis, Director, Global Education Monitoring Report, and Francesca Borgonovi, Senior Analyst, Directorate for Education and Skills, OECD Migration and displacement are complex phenomena which play an important role in – but can also pose challenges to – development. … Continue reading →

Posted in migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged data, displaced populations, displacement, migration, refugees | 1 Comment

The Global Compact for Migration will go on – with or without the United States – for the sake of education

Posted on 4 December 2017 by GEM Report

The United States has just announced they are pulling out of the United Nations Global Compact on Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration. On 19 September 2016, the United Nations General Assembly hosted a high-level Summit to discuss ways in which … Continue reading →

Posted in immigration, Legislation, migration, peace, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, global compact for migration, immigrants, immigration, migration, refugees, trump, United Nations | 3 Comments

Learning from Promising Practices in Refugee Education

Posted on 31 October 2017 by GEM Report

By Emma Wagner, Education in Emergencies Policy & Advocacy Adviser, Save the Children Earlier this year Save the Children, Pearson and UNHCR formed a new groundbreaking partnership to tackle the refugee education crisis. The Promising Practices in Refugee Education initiative … Continue reading →

Posted in Conflict, migration, refugees, Refugees and displaced people, Uncategorized | Tagged #Target 4.5, innovation, migration, refugee education, refugees | 5 Comments

The Rohingya Children of Karachi

Posted on 2 October 2017 by GEM Report

By Baela Raza Jamil, CEO Idara-e-Taleem-o-Aagahi (ITA) “Oh Allah I seek Refuge from Being Unlettered, Undocumented and Vulnerable- please protect and enable me to reach my potential.” Areeba is a Rohingya belonging to a migrant family from Myanmar. Her ancestors … Continue reading →

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Making the most of World Refugee Day

Posted on 20 June 2017 by GEM Report

It’s World Refugee Day, a vital moment for raising awareness of the challenges refugees face every day around the world. Refugees have existed since notions of empire and state took root: people who have been forcibly displaced from their home, … Continue reading →

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Share your views and contribute to the forthcoming 2019 GEM Report

Posted on 10 April 2017 by GEM Report

The 2019 GEM Report will look at the issue of migration and education, as approved by the GEM Report International Advisory Board in June 2016. Today we are launching an online consultation, and hope you will share your views to … Continue reading →