FORCED MIGRATION AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR REFUGEES
FORCED MIGRATION AND ACCESS TO EDUCATION FOR REFUGEES PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT TIP SHEET Let this tip sheet be your Local Committee’s guide to effectively raising awareness on issues of forced migration and higher education for refugees! This tool will help you focus your actions around key dates and provide you with key messages and resources to use and share on your campus and in your community. Happy awareness-raising!
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65 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide Barriers to accessing education for refugees include: international student fees, interruptions in previous education, lack of documentation, language barriers, and difficulties in applications and testing processes, among others Higher education provides refugees with the skills, knowledge, and community to build a better life for themselves and for their families WUSC’s Student Refugee Program (SRP) is one solution. It is unique in the world because: ○ It combines resettlement with post-secondary education ○ It engages youth in a peer-to-peer refugee integration model The SRP operates in Kenya, Malawi, Jordan, and Lebanon The SRP gives Canadian students a chance to learn about global issues such as forced migration and develop valuable cross-cultural and leadership skills as they support newcomer students on their campus
Key Figures 21 million refugees worldwide 1% of refugees have access to postsecondary education (compared to 34% of the global population)
Communicate key messages ● ●
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65 million people are forcibly displaced worldwide Barriers to accessing education for refugees include: international student fees, interruptions in previous education, lack of documentation, language barriers, and difficulties in applications and testing processes, among others Higher education provides refugees with the skills, knowledge, and community to build a better life for themselves and for their families WUSC’s Student Refugee Program (SRP) is one solution. It is unique in the world because: ○ It combines resettlement with post-secondary education ○ It engages youth in a peer-to-peer refugee integration model The SRP operates in Kenya, Malawi, Jordan, and Lebanon The SRP gives Canadian students a chance to learn about global issues such as forced migration and develop valuable cross-cultural and leadership skills as they support newcomer students on their campus
Key Figures 21 million refugees worldwide 1% of refugees have access to postsecondary education (compared to 34% of the global population)
