BULLYING MIGRANTS

• Migrant children in the UK are 25% more likely to be bullied at secondary school than
• Non-migrant children.Close to 50% of UK pupils think bullying is a problem in their school.
• In the UK (England, Wales and Scotland for the purposes of this study) 12% of non-migrant children said they had been bullied in the last three months, compared to 15% of first generation migrants.
• In Italy, the figures were 5% and 7% respectively, Portugal - 4% and 4%, Netherlands - 7% and 5%, Belgium 9% and 21%, Germany - 19% and 20% and Spain - 3% and 4%.
• The reasons given for bullying included language difficulties, skin colour, race and religion.

REMEDY:

Adopting religious holidays from other faiths and more discussion of different cultures could remedy the situation, say the children.

Learning about other people and understanding different cultures is the key to a better school experience for everyone.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS