5 Lifting Barriers to Education During and After COVID-19 Improving education outcomes for migrant and refugee children in Latin America and the Caribbean What barriers do children with a migration experience face in accessing equitable education? At the macro-level, restrictive immigration policies and heavy legislative requirements hinder the fulfilment of the right to education for migrant/refu. [...] Discrimination by native-born educators and peers, as well as the lack of educational material that acknowledges the culture of origin of migrant and refugee children, can further impact the self-esteem and self-image of children with a migration background and their educational outcomes. [...] While migration is not a new phenomenon in Latin America and the Caribbean, since 2018 the region has been experiencing the largest displacement crisis in its recent history and the second worse migration crisis after Syria – the Venezuelan refugee and migrant crisis.1 The crisis was triggered by years of economic and political mismanagement, and by the impact of a sharp decrease in oil prices (be. [...] 9 Lifting Barriers to Education During and After COVID-19 Improving education outcomes for migrant and refugee children in Latin America and the Caribbean Over 25 per cent of the Venezuelan refugees and migrants are children and adolescents3 many of whom have experienced serious school disruptions.4 In 2018, it was estimated that over 1 million children were out of school as the result of the cris. [...] 22 Lifting Barriers to Education During and After COVID-19 Improving education outcomes for migrant and refugee children in Latin America and the Caribbean In the Latin America and Caribbean region, there is great concern over reports of xenophobia and discrimination against children with a migration background, and the absence of protective policies that put these children at a higher risk for di.
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