Lebanon: Syrian Refugee Children Blocked from School

By Human Rights Watch

Click to expand Image Fewer than half of the school-age refugee children in Lebanon are in formal education. (Beirut) – Lebanon’s Education Ministry should extend the December 4, 2021, school registration deadline for Syrian children and end policies that are blocking Syrian refugee children’s access to education, Human Rights Watch said today. Thousands of Syrian refugee children have been out of school, blocked by policies that require certified educational records, legal residency in Lebanon, and other official documents that many Syrians cannot obtain. Tardy Education Ministry decisions…

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