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French schools help Ukrainian children confront trauma, language barrier

French Education Minister Jean-Michel Blanquer and the President's wife, Brigitte Macron, meet Ukrainian refugee children in a school in Epinay-sur-Seine, north of Paris, on 15 March, 2022. AFP - THOMAS SAMSON

Ukrainian children fleeing the horrors of war are being hurriedly enrolled in French schools under a national reception plan that prioritises language lessons and trauma counselling for refugees aged between 3 and 11.

So far almost 800 young people have been welcomed into creches, kindergartens, primary and high schools –many of which already have existing programmes for teaching French to foreign children.

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