Education and participation in a new country: Experiences of immigrants, refugees and schools

• Main Author: Ragnarsdóttir, Hanna
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Icelandic
• Published: Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands 2020
• Subjects: immigrants; refugees; education; participation; civic engagement; innflytjendur; flóttafólk; menntun; þátttaka; borgaravitund; Kangas; Iceland
• Online Access: https://ojs.hi.is/index.php/tuuom/article/view/3044

Immigration to Iceland has increased rapidly in recent decades. People move to the country for different reasons, some as refugees. Education systems play a vital role in the integration of children and youth to a new society and in supporting their democratic participation. To be able to fulfill th...