SIRIUS – Policy Network on Migrant Education
“SIRIUS – Policy Network on Migrant Education” brings together key stakeholders in migration and education from around Europe, including policy makers, researchers, practitioners and representatives of migrant communities.
SIRIUS transfers knowledge and influences policy developments in order to help pupils from a migrant background achieve the same educational standards as their native peers.

Our Latest Projects
Read about Our Latest Projects
SIRIUS is at European Conference on Educational Research 23-25 August!
Policy Conference 2022
National Round Tables - Comparative Report 2021
Invasion of Ukraine – confronting some of the education challenges: SIRIUS works with the EC working group equality and values
Multilingual materials for including Ukrainian Refugees in your classroom (ages 4-8)
Policy Brief Series: Refugee children in education in Europe. How to prevent a lost generation?
Report - Inclusive Digital Education Workshops for Migrants and Refugees (2020 and 2021)
Peer Learning Activity - The Netherlands 2021
Report: Towards Inclusive Digital Education for Migrant Children 2021
Ukraine : Statement of Support and Access to Inclusive Education for all Refugees
Our News and Events
SIRIUS at the University on Youth and Development
Lifelong learning Laboratory – learning how to do our job better
Including Ukrainian refugees in secondary school classrooms: what if the pupils just don’t speak the language?
Lifelong Learning Interest Group Values Education and Lifelong Learning
SIRIUS moderates the 3rd and 4th May Education International Seminar ‘Education of Ukrainian Refugees: an initial policy dialogue amongst refugee receiving jurisdictions’
Access to education for migrants and refugees of colour within the EU May 2022
About Us
“SIRIUS – Policy Network on Migrant Education” brings together key stakeholders in migration and education from around Europe, including policy makers, researchers, practitioners and representatives of migrant communities.
SIRIUS transfers knowledge and influences policy developments in order to help pupils from a migrant background achieve the same educational standards as their native peers.
What is Sirius
Our Mission
Our Vision
SIRIUS is a membership-based organisation that promotes the social inclusion of children and young people with migrant background by fostering their effective access to the universal right to education.
Our vision is a world where the universal right to education is fully implemented and discrimination at all levels of the educational system is eradicated. We strive for pupils from a migrant background to achieve the same educational standards as their native peers.