Refugees’ access to higher education in their host countries: overcoming the 'super-disadvantage': policy paper

Author(s)
Martin, Michaela; Stulgaitis, Manal
Languages
English
Co-publisher
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, UNHCR
Year
2022
Pages
78
Level
Tertiary education

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About the publication

With a view to identifying inclusive policies and good practices to respond to the many challenges that refugee students face to access higher education in their host country, this Policy Paper has conducted a review of available statistical data and literature. In addition, six selected countries with considerable refugee populations have been analysed more in-depth. They are: France, Ethiopia, Egypt, Germany, Norway, and Turkey. From this analysis, the paper presents inclusive policies and good practices from these countries and their higher education institutions by type of obstacle to accessing higher education. It concludes by presenting 15 recommendations on how host countries can support the access of refugees to their national systems, arguing strongly for an ‘equality opportunity approach’ in terms of national policies, and caring measures, at the level of higher education institutions.