̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ Perspective: Refugee Youth Overcome Unique Challenges to Academic Success
Each year over half of the refugees resettled by the ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡ in San Diego are children; in 2022 18% of new arrivals were under 18 years old. Having reached the US, their futures are brighter than the uncertainty, conflict and violence they left behind but as they enter the American education system, refugee youth face a unique set of barriers to academic success.