Nov 9, 2015
Two-thirds of Syrian refugee children in Turkey are not attending school, Human Rights Watch has warned in its latest report. The 62-page report released on Sunday documents obstacles such as financial difficulty and language barriers, which prevent Syrian refugee children from receiving a formal education in Turkey.
"Failing to provide Syrian children with education puts an entire generation at risk," said Stephanie Gee, a Bernstein fellow in the refugee rights programme at Human Rights Watch.
Turkey hosts more than two million Syrian refugees, including 708,000 school-aged children.
More than 400,000 of them do not receive a formal education, the rights group said.
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