• Introduction and rationale: An overview of refugee education Europe 

      Gunntorsdottir, Hermina; Douglas, Marcela; Saus, Merete; Paulgaard, Gry (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)
      According to the UNHCR’s report Global Trends - Forced Displacement in 2018 (UNHCR, 2019) on changes in UNHCR’s population of concern related to ongoing crises, the number of refugees under UNHCR’s care is almost double that of 2012, with two thirds coming from just 5 countries. Furthermore it is stated that the total global refugee population under UNHCR’s mandate is now at the highest level ever ...
    • RE approaches and strategies in Northern Europe 

      Gunntorsdottir, Hermina; Douglas, Marcela; Saus, Merete; Paulgaard, Gry (Chapter; Bokkapittel, 2020)
      In the UNHCR data base on refugees, Northern Europe consists of eight countries, the Nordic countries: Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland, and the Baltic countries: Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia with a total population of 33,121,044. At the end of year 2017, the total number of refugees, asylum-seekers and stateless persons in Northern Europe was 788,717 (UNHCR, 2019, table 1).