Failed asylum seekers cannot enrol their child in kindergarten

Policy Response DateOctober 21, 2010 Country: Cyprus Address: Limassol General Type: Discrimination Racism and discrimination phenomena: Anti-migrant/xenophobia
Groups affected / Interested in: Migrants, Asylum seekers

The Child Commissioner pledged to investigate reports that a four-year-old boy was turned down by three kindergartens in Limassol because of the colour of his skin. A migrant support NGO stated that this situation is not the exception but the rule

Source:

 Cyprus Mail, 22.10.2010 http://www.cyprus-mail.com/cyprus/asian-boy-was-turned-down-three-kindergartens/20101022).