Aim

People constantly relocate to other regions or countries due to various reasons. Resulting especially from wars, the leading factors driving people out of their place of residence are loss of life and property security, and inability to access basic amenities such as education and healthcare. In such circumstances, the affected population starts to migrate en masse in an abrupt and chaotic way domestically or abroad to regions and countries not struck by war. These refugees then face other difficulties at their destinations. Failure to adapt to social life, unemployment, employment of qualified workers in menial jobs, inability of women and young people to integrate into the workforce, sexual harassment of women, failure to communicate in the local language, inability to adapt to the local culture, unawareness of their rights in the hosting country, lack of access to basic amenities, difficulty in sustaining basic human needs in terms of food and shelter, being forced to work illegally, and lack of acceptance from the local population are among the most serious problems faced by refugees.

Refugees require guidance and education in hosting countries in order to become adept at sustaining their basic needs with ease. Such training courses may be provided by formal and informal education institutions. However, considering the number of refugees worldwide, in particular Syrian refugees nearing five million individuals, a group of that size cannot possibly be educated formally or informally at the same time. Furthermore, these circumstances impose serious labour and financial strain on the hosting countries. The major limitations against formal and informal education of refugees are the number of trainers speaking a common language with the refugees, the existing education infrastructure and the lack of suitable curriculum.

National circumstances such as war, political instability, economic difficulties cause many people to leave their countries involuntarily and relocate to other countries as migrants or refugees. These people, who are then subjected to a different cultural setting, are subjected to serious problems prior to, during and after migration. Such problems may be physical, mental, psychological, economic, social and cultural. Among the most serious issues are failure to integrate into the social life of the host country, lack of education and employment for the young, cultural shock due to alienation, refusal of the local population towards the refugees, abuse, harassment of migrant women, etc. In order to overcome these difficulties, refugees might even risk death looking for alternatives. Relocation of millions of people in waves of uncontrolled migration also causes dire problems for the neighbouring countries.