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Left Behind: Refugee education in crisis
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More than 3.5 million refugee children between the ages of 5 and 17 did not get a single day in school during the last academic year, a new report from UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has found.
“The education of these young people is crucial to the peaceful and sustainable development of the countries that have welcomed them, and to their homes when they are able to return.”
UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi
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Education report 2017
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The following assets are available on Refugees Media (login required):
- B-roll video (education) – INT, shotlist
- Photos with captions
- Infographics: English
- Motion graphics: English
- Opening Statement: High Commissioner – text
- Austria: Medical miracle – photos, web story
- Chad: Never too late to learn – video, photos, web story
- Ethiopia: Nyahok's quest – video, photos, web story
- Iran: Equal treatment – photos, web story
- Jordan: Digital history – photos, web story
- Kenya: Class acts – photos, web story
- Lebanon: Homework club – photos, web story
- Mexico: Escaping gangland – video, photos, web story
- Rwanda: Mutual understanding – video, photos, web story
- Uganda: Bursting at the seams – video, photos, web story
- Yemen: School in war zone – photos, web story
- On The Ground: New Horizons – photos, web story
- Alek Wek: We must close the gap – photos
- Malala's message – photo, text
- PDF version of report
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