The Portuguese Culture incorporated in itself a strong World Cultural Diversity.
In the Map, we can see the Community of Portuguese Language Countries in the World [Wikipedia].

Education in Portugal is free and compulsory until the age of 18 when students complete the 12th grade. The education is regulated by the State through the Ministry of Education. There is a system of public education and also many private schools at all levels of education. The first Portuguese medieval universities, such as the University of Coimbra, were created in the 13th century, and the national higher education system is fully integrated into the European Higher Education Area.

The education system in Portugal:

«To mark last month’s World Teachers’ Day (sponsored by UNESCO , the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization), photographers from Reuters took pictures around the world of educators with their students in a telling exhibit of the very different circumstances under which children attend school. Here are 15 pictures taken by Reuters photographers, revealing the spectrum of “classrooms” — from those with literally no resources to those well-stocked and housed.» [https://goo.gl/fhFSIo]

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PAR has been formally recognised by the Portuguese Government through a cooperation protocol and is a member of the Working Group for the Migration Agenda. [http://www.refugiados.pt/home-en]

In Portugal we have PAR, a Platform of Support for Refugees [http://www.refugiados.pt/home-en], a platform with dozens of organisations/institutions of Portuguese civil society, to support the refugees in this humanitarian crisis. They have the will, availability and experience in the reception of refugees/migrants, through a collaborative and articulated model, complementing the action of the Portuguese State.
We have also a Global Platform of Emergency Assistance for Syrian Academic Students [http://jorgesampaio.pt/jorgesampaio/pt/global-platform-4-syrian-students] developed by a former president of the Portuguese Republic, and we have a Syrian 20 years old boy, studying Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Algarve.» Clara Abegão

Tarek fled to Turkey, where he finished high school, and just over a year, arrived in Faro before the migration crisis occupy the covers of newspapers throughout Europe. Now, the 20 years old student of Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Algarve recovered a part of the "good life" that he had in Syria, but if he could, that's where he would go back, to help people."

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I am agreeing with Prof. Hans Anand Pants because the “schools can create that important space, where teenagers, as soon as they arrive, can have a life perspective again”. As teachers, we must rethink and innovate our work in different perspectives and provide a way of communication between school and families.
In Portugal, we have brochures about the Portuguese educational system in different languages. Some (few) schools (with a bigger immigrant community) have the privilege to work with interpreters, but that is not a legally established right. The ones who don´t must improve their way of communicating effectively. And teachers are the mediators responsible for the reception and guidance of immigrant students, given the lack of availability of established structures. So: let´s innovate!

We haven't newly arrived migrant students. However, our school is preparing to receive them, if or when they arrive. The school structure has been prepared for a long time. There are teachers prepared for this great challenge of receiving students who do not speak Portuguese, who have been totally uprooted from their lands and culture and, some of them, even from their families, providing educational, social and emotional support. What Nora said it is extremely important for us.

Erika mentions, in particular, the book “The More-Than-Just-Surviving Handbook: ELL for Every Classroom Teacher” as a useful book to get started. Finally, Wolfgang presents examples of very interesting practical resources that will support you in your further planning of classroom activities. There are shortened links shown directly in the video or you can access all mentioned resources directly here: