Bangladesh, Refugees Issues, Refugees issues
Unless immediate and bold action is taken by the international community to beat back the catastrophic effects of Covid-19 on refugee education, the potential of millions of young refugees living in some of the world’s most vulnerable communities will be further threatened, according to an UNHCR report.
The data in the report, titled “Coming Together for Refugee Education” and released by the United Nations High Commissioners for Refugees (UNHCR) in Geneva on Thursday, is based on the gross enrolment figures from the 2019 school cycle.
While children in every country have struggled with the impact of Covid-19 on their education, the report finds that refugee children have been particularly disadvantaged.
Jul 29, 2023
It has been close to six years since hundreds of thousands of Rohingya faced a deadly genocide by Myanmar’s military and fled the country in search of protection and refuge in neighbouring Bangladesh. The Rohingya population has been undergoing persecution, discrimination, arbitrary arrests, and atrocities in Myanmar for over seven decades. Their condition is alarmingly […]