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| Language support for youth with a migrant background | |
| Lack of knowledge on the language of their host country is an obstacle to migrant children's ability to understand and follow the classroom lessons, which results in a poor school performance, a lack of interest for education and even behavioural problems. To avoid such results schools should provide sufficient support for migrant children to learn and practice the teaching language. Teachers should also benefit from training to respond to the linguistic needs of their students in the best [...] | |
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| Human rights: blasphemy in Pakistan; kidnapping in Iraq; war crimes in Serbia | |
| In November 2014 the European Parliament (EP) adopted three resolutions on human rights: the first appeals to the Pakistani government to revise the legislation on blasphemy; the second condemns the atrocities committed by the so-called Islamic State in Iraq; and the third takes a stand against the discourse of a person condemned for war crimes in Serbia, instigating to hatred and violence. The EP members expressed their concern regarding the "controversial laws on [...] |
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