Rise in attacks on Afghan schools
In Afghanistan, the number of attacks on schools has tripled in the past year. The UN says the hopes and dreams of a generation of children are being destroyed.
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What is student life like for refugees in Germany?
Refugee students in German universities experience vast differences compared to their home countries. Whether it is the curriculum, campus life or financial considerations, there is a lot they have to adjust to. InfoMigrants' Aasim Saleem spoke to students from three different regions to explore what the big differences really are.
Language training network in Trento, Italy, offers 670 hours of lessons to migrants
Eighteen associations from the north-eastern Italian town of Trento have launched a network that coordinates Italian courses for foreigners. Their goal: To compensate for the elimination of government language courses after the implementation of the 'Salvini Decree.'
Cité des Sciences: The Paris library that became a social focal point for migrants
Whether it’s to keep themselves warm, charge their phones or surf the internet, hundreds of migrants have in the past few years spent much of their days at the library located in the grounds of Paris’ science museum. At the library, they can take French or computer classes for free. InfoMigrants went to visit.
Online business course for migrants launched in Italy
The Justice and Peace organization in the Italian city of Fano is offering an online business course for immigrants in Italy. The course aims to promote integration by teaching basic knowledge about business administration and providing information for migrants about starting a company.
About 18,000 refugees in Germany are learning a skilled trade
18,000 refugees are currently training to work in the skilled trade sector, the German Confederation of Skilled Crafts (ZDH) says. That's a major increase from the year before. Overall, one in two refugees receiving vocational training in Germany are learning a skilled trade.
3.5 million Syrian refugees in Turkey struggle with access to education
The city of Adana in Southern Turkey near the border with Syria is indicative of the situation of the currently 3.5 million Syrian refugees living in Turkey, including hundreds of thousands of minors who are often not enrolled in school. But a UNICEF program aims to change that with money from the EU-Turkey deal.
Samos school in Greece at center of migration controversy
A primary school on the Greek island of Samos is at the center of a controversy after a group of local parents refused to send their children to school. Their protest is indicative of a growing frustration among local Greek communities over the arrivals of refugees since 2015.
UNICEF: Eight million children have been affected by war in Syria, which enters 9th year
March 15, 2019 marked the beginning of the ninth year of the war in Syria. UNICEF is commemorating the date by recalling that 8 million children have been affected by the war, five million of whom need humanitarian assistance within Syria's borders, and 2.5 of whom are refugees in neighboring countries.
Fact check: School systems in Europe
All kids have to go to school in Europe – including those of refugees, migrants and asylum seekers. But the public school systems vary from country to country, and can be quite confusing. Here's a short overview.
'Education is a basic human right', but how many refugees and asylum seekers have access to that right in Greece?
Migrant children can find it difficult to maintain their access to formal education. For many, education is interrupted for several years at a time. For others, education can be a reason for migration, or an opportunity in the host country. In Greece, those who are seeking asylum or are refugees have a right to the country’s state education but a little less than half of refugee children are not yet signed up to formal education.
Rome teachers launch 'reverse strike' to talk about migrants
Teachers at a Rome high school launched the idea of a "reverse strike", in which the teachers would devote time inside the classroom to talk to their students about current events surrounding the topic of migrants. The initiative was well received and will be replicated in other Italian educational institutes.