Leontiadou, Dimitra (2023) Education of Children in Refugee Camps: The case of Ritsona Refugee Camp, Greece. Master thesis, Pedagogical and Educational Sciences.
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Abstract
Due to conflicts, prosecutions and violent actions, millions of people have been forced to flee their homes and find shelter all over the world. Greece is one of the countries that received a large wave of these people from 2015 onwards. All the countries that have signed the 1951 Refugee Convention, including Greece, have agreed among others to respect and protect the right of refugees to education. A majority of refugees and asylum seekers in Greece live in “temporary” accommodations named refugee camps. There, children have the right to attend local schools and also receive a type of non-formal education inside the camp facilities. This thesis analyzes the kind of education refugee children receive in on of Greece’s largest refugee camps “Ritsona refugee camp” with an ulterior purpose to give an answer to the question; what kind of education do children, living in Ritsona refugee camp need, in order to become active citizens. To investigate this question a study of relevant bibliography was conducted, six educational coordinators and educators of Ritsona were interviewed and a video with refugee children’s experiences was analyzed. All the parties described their experiences and the problems they are facing regarding education in Ritsona. The results revealed an accordance between the words of the coordinators and educators and a partial discrepancy with what the children said. All of the interviewees agreed that changes should be made in the way education works inside and outside the refugee camp. Following the analysis of data and the review of relevant literature, the researcher put forward several recommendations aimed at enhancing the educational opportunities provided to refugee children living in the Ritsona refugee camp.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Master) |
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| Supervisor name: | Linden, C.J. van der |
| Degree programme: | Pedagogical and Educational Sciences |
| Differentiation route: | Ethics and Education: philosophy, history and law [Master Pedagogical and Educational Sciences] |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Oct 2023 08:48 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Oct 2023 08:48 |
| URI: | http://gmwpublic.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/2915 |
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