Other problems include huge administrative problems in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, uneven distribution of refugees in Sweden, and high tuitions for student teachers in Italy. These problems indicate that there should be great awareness in the importance of refugee education, as well as administrative changes relating to the limitations of refugee children in their right to quality education and especially lifelong learning.
The lack of skilled educators, as well as lack of specific training for those teachers, working with refugees, are among the most important problems surrounding Refugee Education in OECD countries – and Worldwide. Such programmes exist in many OECD countries, but yet need to be developed. In Sweden such programmes exist and funded at the national level, while in Germany and the United Kingdom such programmes depend on local authorities in every region. In Greece, Spain, and Italy such programmes also exist, but greatly affected by budget cuts and by far not always sufficiently funded. In France special training is designed only for language teachers. In the Netherlands and Poland training is provided by NGOs only.
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