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Bangladesh. Children recite a lesson in a learning space.

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Shortfall in education opportunities deepens despair of refugee Rohingya youth

Two years after mass exodus from Myanmar, quality learning and life skills are crucial to more than 500,000 children sheltered in Bangladesh

16/08/2019

A boy stands in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh

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Rohingya refugee children in Cox’s Bazar at risk from flooding and landslides as monsoon rains continue

Education for over 60,000 children in camps and host community is disrupted because of damage to learning centres

09/07/2019

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For many Venezuelan children, hope begins at dawn

UNICEF and partners in Colombia are providing much-needed assistance to Venezuelans crossing the border

03/05/2019

On 25 February 2019 in Bangladesh, (left) UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta Fore speaks (right) Rukaiya,11, at the Learning Centre Shikhon in the Camp 18 section of the Kutupalong-Balukhali mega-camp in the Cox's Bazar district. Rukaiya wants to be a teacher; she loves teaching others. She likes friends, teachers and classroom activities, especially interaction with her teacher, when she can give her opinion and feels it is valued. English is her favourite lesson.

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18 months after exodus from Myanmar, Rohingya children at a crossroads

Young Rohingya refugees in urgent need of education and skills

27/02/2019

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UNHCR and UNICEF urge action in Europe to end childhood statelessness

14/02/2019

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Refugee and migrant children and youth report severe deprivations while on the move – UNICEF

UNICEF releases alarming data from poll of nearly 4,000 refugee and migrant children and youth ahead of Global Compact for Migration Summit in Marrakech

07/12/2018

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Geneva Palais briefing note: Rohingya refugee repatriation and the situation in Rakhine State, Myanmar

16/11/2018

Amal, 9 years old, plays on the seesaw in the new inclusive playground in her school in Za’atari Refugee Camp where she is in third grade. She is with Tasneem and Hala, both 10 years old.

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UNICEF opens first inclusive playground in Za’atari refugee camp, Jordan

29/10/2018

On 18 September 2018 in Lebanon, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Redgrave (right) met with Syrian refugee families in Housh al Refka informal settlement in Bekaa Valley including the Hamdou family - a mother and nine children - who discussed with her the struggles they face to support themselves. Othman Hamdou (not pictured), 12, can't go to school as he must look after his siblings while his mother works as the sole breadwinner for his family.

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UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Vanessa Redgrave meets children and young people in Lebanon

21/09/2018

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Rohingya refugee children face an uncertain future

One year after their mass exodus fleeing violence in Myanmar, Rohingya children remain at risk

05/09/2018

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