ABSTRACT
In 2015, there were 244 million international migrants worldwide and of these 15% are under 20 years of age globally, according to the United Nations (2015) suggesting a significant number of young people of an educational age.
Many of these young people may never have had an education or may have missed years of schooling, or may have delayed educational abilities, due to the difficulties of learning and mastering a new language and adapting to a new culture.
Education increases the chance for employment and yet a significant number of young people have not had a classroom-based education; instead they have had life experiences and instability.
If these young people are to contribute to society there is a great deal of educational work to be undertaken. This book considers what is happening in Cuba, Lithuania, the United Kingdom, the United States, Finland, Greece, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Latvia, China, Australia, India, Italy and Poland.
The conclusions reached from this chapter suggest that linguistic skills and the cultural differences will perhaps be initial barriers and that current educational services which were created for an indigenous and more stable population may have to adapt.
