Young refugees' participation in post-compulsory education: Mapping policies, challenges and ways forward in mainland Greece

HUNT, Lucy

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Young refugees' participation in post-compulsory education: Mapping policies, challenges and ways forward in mainland Greece

HUNT, Lucy

2024 • In The Integration of Refugees in the Education and Labour Markets: Between Inclusion and Exclusion Practices

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[en] Little is known about young refugees’ post-compulsory educational trajectories in Greece, despite high numbers of teenagers continuing to arrive and integration policies being implemented. While access to education has been increasing since 2015, enrolment and attendance rates for 15 to 18-year-olds remain low and drop-out rates are high. Based on findings from a doctoral study, this chapter explores the macro-level factors – relating primarily to policy and organisation – which constrain and enable this age group’s participation in post-compulsory learning. Data was generated through semi-structured interviews with refugee youth, their parents, their teachers and other education stakeholders, and triangulated via document analysis and participant observation as a volunteer teacher in the region. The key challenges identified related to coordination, preparation (of staff and students), segregation and the impact of uncertainty and poor reception conditions. The ways forward proposed by participants included promoting training, flexibility, alternative routes and a holistic and cohesive response.

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Education & instruction

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HUNT, Lucy ; University of Luxembourg > Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences (FHSE) > Department of Education and Social Work (DESW) > Teaching and Learning

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Young refugees' participation in post-compulsory education: Mapping policies, challenges and ways forward in mainland Greece

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2024

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The Integration of Refugees in the Education and Labour Markets: Between Inclusion and Exclusion Practices

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Routledge

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48-61

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