Since 2015, over two million people have sought refuge and asylum in Germany.¹ Between January and August of 2022, the total number of first-time asylum-seeker applicants included close to 50,000 children under 18 years of age, which constitutes 42.9% of the total number of applications submitted to the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees [Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge].² About half of those children (21.6%) were under the age of four. As a result of the large scale of this migration, newcomer pupils have faced challenges in accessing quality educational services.
DOI: 10.1515/9783111010649
ISBN: 9783111010649; 9783111009636
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