Migrant children in EU do poorly in school, says commission paper

The European Commission is due to address the sensitive issue of educating the children of migrants in a policy consultation paper included in a social agenda package to be adopted on 2 July.

The document - seen by EUobserver - highlights the worrying trends of migrant pupil segregation and lower performance in schools and puts to debate whether the bloc's existing rules should be adapted.

The consultation paper examines how the EU and its programmes could help member states tackl...