For refugees, education is the surest road to recovering a sense of purpose and dignity after the trauma of displacement. It is – or should be – the route to labour markets and economic self-sufficiency, putting an end to months or sometimes years of depending on others. Education is a no-brainer investment compared to the trillions of dollars wasted on conflict and the cost to societies and economies when civilians are displaced en masse.
Continue reading what the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, said in UNHCR’s Stepping-Up report by following the link.
