New York, July 14 -- Global advocates for refugees are pushing to ensure the COVID-19 pandemic does not derail efforts for displaced children and young people to continue learning and eventually return to a real classroom.

During a roundtable discussion held online on Monday, top UN officials, education ministers, and young refugees, together with representatives from the private sector and non-governmental organizations, highlighted growing needs on the ground - during the crisis and beyond.

"Even before COVID-19, refugee children were twice as unlikely as other children to attend school", said Audrey Azoulay, Director-General of the UN's educational and cultural agency, UNESCO, which co-organized the event alongside the UN refugee age...