Refugee and asylum seeking children registered in Scotland: FOI release
- Published
- 4 September 2024
- Directorate
- Learning Directorate
- FOI reference
- FOI/202400418339
- Date received
- 11 June 2024
- Date responded
- 14 June 2024
Information request and response under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002
Information requested
Number of refugee and asylum seeking children registered in Scottish local authority primary schools in the following years: 2016, 2020 and 2023.
If there is no data for the above years, can you please provide data in years nearest to the ones requested.
Response
Please see the following information as requested:
Table 1: The total number of Primary School pupils registered as Refugee or Asylum Seeker 2016-2023
|
Asylum Status |
2016 |
2017 |
2018 |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
|
Refugee |
1,161 |
1,383 |
1,520 |
1,734 |
1,856 |
1,995 |
3,231 |
3,649 |
|
Asylum Seeker |
582 |
748 |
974 |
1,133 |
1,182 |
1,268 |
1,311 |
1,276 |
Source: Pupil Census data 2016-2023
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Email: ceu@gov.scot
Phone: 0300 244 4000
The Scottish Government
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