B - B - but they were all layers and engineers and stuff !
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How much education they have is unclear: The analysis says anecdotal reports suggest the average level of schooling for adult Syrian government- assisted refugees is six to nine years. Of cases coming from Jordan, 90 to 95 per cent have not finished high school. The report notes that many kids are also a year or two behind their peers, putting new demands on the school system.
Readers may remember the discussion Caleb and I had about that.....
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— They’re younger: 55 per cent of approved applicants were 14 years of age or younger, compared with 27 per cent of privately sponsored ones. The report notes that services directly targeted at children will need to be stepped up and the report notes they’ve often only gone to school in Arabic.
Ya, you might want to check that, Justine.
The Euro governments are finding out the hard way how much people like to lie.
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— They speak little English or French: 67 per cent of approved applicants reporting speaking neither language, compared with 37 per cent of privately sponsored ones. Resettlement agencies have previously highlighted that in some cities, wait lists for language training are over a year long.
b - but they all spoke English on the TV !
Guess a language test as a condition of entering would have reduced the 25k to zero.