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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

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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