Refugee Children Also Have The Right to Education

Glorene Das, Executive Director, Tenaganita

03-Feb-20 14:00

Refugee Children Also Have The Right to Education

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Last week, Bangladesh announced that it will lift restrictions on education for refugee children, to allow schooling for children aged between 11 to 13. We discuss why education is so integral for refugee children, and what the situation is like here in Malaysia.

Produced by: Lim Sue Ann

Presented by: Sharmilla Ganesan, Lim Sue Ann, Juliet Jacobs

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Tags: The Bigger Picture, The Daily Digest, refugee children, refugees, Bangladesh, Rohingya, Rohingya refugees, Myanmar, UNICEF, Cox’s Bazar, United Nations, UN, Amnesty International, ethnic cleansing, Aung San Suu Kyi, genocide, Médecins Sans Frontières, Rohingya Youth Association, International Court of Justice,

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