The Struggle to Go to School

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Channel: UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency · 2007 · News & Politics

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It's one of the hardest choices Iraqi refugee families have to make -- whether to send their children to school or to work. Even though Syria has opened its classrooms to Iraqi students, a growing number of refugee families simply cannot afford to send their children to school. UNHCR has launched projects to ensure that more Iraqi children access education, including remedial learning programmes for those who have missed years of class.
For the protection of those interviewed, names have been changed and faces masked.

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