Education, Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Education as a Humanitarian Response

Uses international case studies to explore the relationship between education and refugees and asylum seekers.

Lala Demirdjian is a researcher focusing on the Palestinian refugee education in Lebanon. She has worked as a consultant for The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), Lebanon, and the National Association for Vocational Training and Social Services (NAVTSS) and, as a campaign coordinator, for the Welfare Association, Lebanon. She is currently engaged in a Teacher Exchange Program and teaches in a community school, in Boston, USA.

Acknowledgements \ Series Editor's Preface \ Notes on Contributors \ Introduction: Education, Refugees and Asylum Seekers - A Global Overview Lala Demirdjian \ 1. The Educational Life Histories of a Group of North Korean Defector University Students in South Korea Candice Lee \ 2. Refugee Education in Thailand: Displacement, Dislocation and Disjuncture Su-Ann Oh \ 3. The Provision of Education in the Palestinian Refugee Camps, in Lebanon Lala Demirdjian \ 4. Non-Formal Education as a Means of Supporting the Well-Being of Resettled Refugees: Case Studies of Community Approaches in Denver, Colorado, USA Janet Shriberg, Susan Downs-Karkos and Stacey Weisberg \ 5. Refugees and Education in Kent, England James Dada \ 6. Century Learning: the Role of Community Cohesion in Refugee Education Megan McCorriston \ Conclusion \ Index

'A very timely book. With social/political convulsions taking place more frequently in Third World countries these last two decades, the number of refugees and asylum seekers is on the rise. This makes it incumbent upon educators and policy makers to give more attention to the needs of this special category of people. The more we understand what these needs are, across the different countries and cases, the more likely that our help and assistance will become meaningful. This book and the cases it reports are a significant contribution in this direction.' Munir Bashshur, Professor of Education, American University of Beirut, Lebanon
'In depth case studies of educational provision for refugees and asylum seekers underpin this insightful and timely analysis of these crucially important and challenging issues.' Michael Crossley, Professor of Comparative and International Education, University of Bristol, UK