The UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on X announced that a new school had been opened for 500 displaced and local Iraqi students in Dumiz, Duhok.
The school was built by UNHCR in support of the Kurdistan Region’s Refugee Education Integration Policy.
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Refugee children are welcomed in public schools across the Kurdistan Region through this Refugee Education Integration Policy, which was developed by the Kurdistan Regional Government with support from UN agencies.
The policy allows refugee children to attend the same schools as Kurdish children, learn the local language by following the same curriculum, foster relationships, and pursue equal opportunities.
?Exciting news from Domiz, #Duhok!
— UNHCR Iraq (@UNHCRIraq) January 29, 2025
A new school is now open for over 500 displaced & local Iraqi students, built by UNHCR in support of @Kurdistan's Refugee Education Integration Policy.
The school will help make quality education a reality for all ?✨ pic.twitter.com/LPNnOUE3jg
Last year, Jean-Nicolas Beuze, the former UNHCR Representative in Iraq, told Kurdistan Chronicle in an exclusive interview that “the UNHCR is grateful for this favorable protection space for refugees provided by both the KRG and the local communities who have been welcoming to them – especially as we witness less generosity in other parts of the world.”
