Full Article: https://www.voanews.com/a/millions-of-refugee-children-missing-out-on-education/4025043.html
GENEVA – The U.N. refugee agency reports more than 3.5 million refugee children aged five to 17 did not attend school last year to the detriment of their future and the future well-being of society. The UNHCR is calling an education crisis for refugee children. Children make up half of the 17.2 million refugees around the world and many of them are missing out on a productive future because they do not go to school………………
UNHCR – UN Refugee Agency
Direct Link to Full 56-Page UNHCR 2017 Report: https://www.unhcr.org/59b696f44.pdf
Syrian refugees pose for a photo during a visit by U.N. Secretary General Antonio Guterres to a fourth-grade classroom at the U.N.-run Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees, in northern Jordan, March 28, 2017.
Children of Rohingya refugees attend a temporary school run by a non-governmental organization at a camp for Rohingyas in New Delhi, India, Aug. 16, 2017.
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