Education: Hope for newcomers in Europe
TABLE OF CONTENTS
METHODOLOGY 1 INTRODUCTION 3 STATISTICS 4 PART I: NATIONAL LEGAL FRAMEWORK International protection The situation in Melilla and unaccompanied foreign minors Right to education
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PART II: RESPONSES FROM THE PUBLIC ADMINISTRATIONS AND CIVIL SOCIETY 14 Main challenges and institutional responses 14 Challenges with respect to the socio-economic context 14 Challenges regarding the education system 16 Challenges regarding the accreditation of diplomas 19 Challenges regarding teacher training and diversity 19 Challenges regarding the inclusion of refugee pupils in education centres 22 Responses from organised civil society 23 Initiatives from the university sector 24 Declarations and commitments 24 Scholarship, aid and reception 25
PART III: ACTIONS BY TRADE UNIONS 27 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS
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REFERENCES 33