Refugee education in Greek islands special
Sarah Brown talks to experts and refugees about life for refugee children on Lesvos and other Greek islands, as ¹ú²úÊÓƵ publishes a new report on how to ease the education crisis in the Aegean, while coping with the extra threats posed by Covid-19.Â
Refugee camps in Greece remain overcrowded and unhygienic beyond imagination, but until Covid-19 struck new education centres were a daily lifeline for children who had fled conflict and persecution, many arriving after perilous journeys from Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq.
This episode provides a glimpse into life in those camps and talks to the team behind ¹ú²úÊÓƵ¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s new report that offers a way forward out of the refugee education crisis. Sarah talks to organisations making a difference there, and to two refugees who shed their personal light on what those on the islands are going through.
Sarah talks to Maysa Jalbout, author of the report ¹ú²úÊÓƵ˜Finding Solutions to Greece¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s Refugee Education Crisis¹ú²úÊÓƵ™; Justin van Fleet, president, ¹ú²úÊÓƵ; Abi Hewitt, CEO and co-founder of Love Welcomes; Tanko Doris Laure, refugee from Cameroon; Sanda Leslie, refugee from Cameroon; Josie Naughton, chief executive officer, Help Refugees; Naoko Imoto, education chief UNICEF Partnership Office in Greece. Â
¹ú²úÊÓƵ is a major funder of education on the Greek Islands ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ with the support of the People¹ú²úÊÓƵ™s Postcode Lotteries and our many individual supporters ¹ú²úÊÓƵ“ in partnering with Education Cannot Wait, UNICEF, UNHCR and many local charities and groups.Â
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