Today’s worldwide refugee & migrant crisis requires both immediate and long-term responses.

By the end of 2023, more than 117 million people have been forcibly displaced worldwide, as a result of persecution, conflict, violence, or human rights violations according to UNHCR. Tens of millions more are on the move, having lost their homes and livelihood due to environmental degradation, natural disasters and climate change. 

Of these displaced people, half are children. Refugee children are five times more likely to be out of school than their non-refugee peers. As a result, 3.5 million refugee children of school age are currently not enrolled in school, and only one per cent of refugees will ever enroll in a college or university (Source: UNHCR). 

We cannot afford to not provide education to migrants and refugees. Without education, they will not be able to live a dignified life in refugee camps, integrate themselves in a new country when resettled, or rebuild their country or region if and when they decide to return.

We can do something about this — not alone, as single individuals or institutions, but together in a global network: the Refugee & Migrant Education Network.