In India, many Rohingya youngsters face obstacles in their pursuit of an education since New Delhi views them as “illegal foreigners.”
In Khajuri Khas, a neighborhood in northeastern Delhi, 7-year-old Rohingya girl Aisha gets up every morning and chases her older sister Asma as she gets ready for school.
On most days, Aisha begs her older sister to take her along, but her request is never fulfilled. She was turned down for admittance to the same seventh-grade school as her sister.
Hussain Ahmad, their father and a Rohingya refugee who left Myanmar with his family in 2017, finds it difficult to explain to Aisha why the school administration has denied her admission.
It pains him to see her plead — a constant reminder of the hurdles they face.
“I have been running from one public school to another to get my daughter admitted, but she has been denied everywhere,” said Ahmad, a construction worker. “They are depriving her of education. I feel very helpless.”
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