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Including Students from Refugee Backgrounds in Australian Schools

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This chapter contributes to the current discourse about refugees, education and inclusion, in particular within the Australian context. The purpose here is to argue that identity is an important part of any discussion of the education of students with refugee histories. Structured into four parts, the chapter firstly provides a brief outline of the global refugee situation.

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    Olalekan Olagookun

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Olagookun, O., White, J. (2017). Including Students from Refugee Backgrounds in Australian Schools. In: Plows, V., Whitburn, B. (eds) Inclusive Education. Innovations and Controversies: Interrogating Educational Change. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-866-2_7

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