Abstract:The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR; 2019) estimated that there were 70.8 million forcibly displaced persons worldwide at the end of 2018. More than 25.9 million registered refugees are represented in this number, with nearly 13 million being children (UNHCR, 2019). Examining the child and youth numbers closely, refugee children and youth were 5 times more likely to be out of school compared with their nonrefugee peers (UNHCR USA, 2018a). The 7.4 million of school age had limited access to… Show more
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