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June 26, 2020 News Release

Jordan: Secondary School Gap for Syrian Refugee Kids

Brussels Friends of Syria Conference Should Address Massive Dropouts

An illustration of a schoolchild staring at a wall, with a burning city behind them

June 9, 2020 Commentary

When Schools Reopen, Many Children Will Be Missing

Rohingya refugee students demonstrate against being expelled from Bangladeshi secondary schools in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, February 6, 2019.

May 18, 2020 Letter

Letter to European Commission re: Access to Secondary Education for Syrian Refugee Children

Syrian children attend class in a school in the Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan, October 20, 2015. The school taught Syrian girls in the morning and boys in the afternoon, but lacked electricity, heating, and running water.

March 13, 2020 Witness

The Children of Syria

Young Lives Damaged by War

Bara’a, 10, originally from Ghouta, Syria, leaves for school from her informal refugee camp in Mount Lebanon.

May 13, 2019 News Release

Lebanon: School Staff Beating Children

Enforcement, Transparency, Training Needed to End Corporal Punishment

May 13, 2019 Witness

Witness: Abused in Class for Being Sick

Corporal Punishment is a Widespread Issue in Lebanon’s Schools

December 13, 2018 Report

Lebanon: Stalled Effort to Get Syrian Children in School

Donors, Education Ministry Should Fulfill Promises

August 6, 2018 Commentary

Children losing out on education in EU migration deal

Children seeking asylum attend an art class at the volunteer-run Refugee Education Chios center on the Greek island of Chios on September 29, 2016.

July 18, 2018 News Release

Greece: Asylum-Seeking Children Deprived of School

Few Classes in Government Camps on the Aegean Islands

October 3, 2017 Dispatches

A Good Move by Jordan for Syrian Children

New Policy Will Help Open School Doors

September 17, 2017 News Release

Greece: No School for Many Asylum-Seeking Kids

Urgently Implement Plans for Children on Greek Islands

"Majida" and her brother "Ziyat" from Iraq live in the camp of Vial on Chios island since May 2017. They do not go to school, but study English and Greek in courses offered by a nongovernmental group.

September 14, 2017 News Release

Syrian Refugee Children’s Uncertain School Aid

Murky Money Trail, Missed Targets, Missing Data

Syrian children in an informal refugee camp in the Bekaa Valley.

April 5, 2017 News Release

Remove Barriers to Syrian Refugee Education

536,000 Children Out of School in Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey

January 23, 2017 Dispatches

Syrian Refugee Kids Still Out of School in Turkey

Biggest Barrier to Children’s Education is Parents Out of Work

Maya, 9, reads a school textbook in her family home. She enjoys attending her local public school in izmir, on turkey’s west coast, where she is one of four Syrian students in her class.

December 16, 2016 Commentary

Lost Years: Secondary Education for Children in Emergencies

Fahd, 15, originally from Syria, is not in school. Instead, he works in construction in the Bekaa Valley.

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