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The School Gate Barrier: Education Officials Blocking Migrant Children’s Right to Learn

 Migrant Children’s Educational Rights  Opening: A Child at the Gate At 7:30 a.m. in Johannesburg’s inner city, Blessing, a 10-year-old from Zimbabwe, waits outside a public primary school with her mother. They’ve been turned away three times. The principal insists on a South African birth certificate or permanent residence permit — documents Blessing’s family doesn’t […]

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