FOI/202400418339 · FOI · unclear
Refugee and asylum seeking children registered in Scotland: FOI release
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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