Education is key to our refugee crisis response. Here's why

Sep 12, 2017

Children attend a school inside a Rohingya refugee camp outside Kyaukpyu in Rakhine state, Myanmar May 17, 2017. Picture Taken May 17, 2017. REUTERS/Soe Zeya Tun - RC14FEEB9490

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Filippo Grandi

United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, (UNHCR)

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