Greek schools welcome around 7,000 refugee children this year

2017-10-19 05:55:29

(MENAFN) As part of this year's Educational Program, Schools and Reception Facilities for Refugee Education (RFRE) in Greece will welcome around 7,000 refugee and migrant children aged 6 to 16 this year, as the Education Ministry announced on Wednesday.

Last year, the Greek government introduced a plan of schooling thousands of refugee children left in the country after the closure of the boarders with the Western Balkan route in February last year.

A total of 2,439 children living with their families in apartments and hotels rented for asylum seekers will be attending morning classes and a total of 2,360 that currently live in refugee camps will attend afternoon classes in reception facilities for refugee education, according to the ministry.

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