Roundtable Discussion The roundtable discussion was attended by members of the civil service from the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration Department of Malaysia, Ministry of Education, Malaysian National Security Council, Ministry of Community Development and People’s Wellbeing of Sabah and Department of Social Welfare, and practitioners from relevant national and international organisations. The roundtable had the following objectives; (a) to exchange ideas with relevant governmental agencies on how to improve access to education among refugee and stateless children, (b) to lay the foundation for developing a roadmap towards the inclusion of refugee and stateless children in the national education system, recognising how this would contribute to the sustainability of the socioeconomic system in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, and (c) to identify and highlight avenues for enhanced inter-agency cooperation in addressing the barriers to the realisation of the right to education of refugees and stateless children. Use of PPEs • All facilitators are required to use PPEs (masks and gloves) when engaging with children or households at all times In addition to comprehensive presentations made by experts, roundtable participants analysed ongoing national • All children and parents of should be wearing masks whenever theyespecially are initiatives related to the protection refugee and stateless children, related to their access to education; engaged with facilitators identified challenges and gaps and suggested way forward on possible integration and alternatives. This “Policy Brief on Realising the Right to Education for Refugee and Stateless Children” is the outcome of the roundtable stakeholder discussion, that the Secretariat held. The brief reflects the in-depth discussions and concrete recommendations that emerged from the roundtable. 9