Language barriers, complex enrolment processes and a lack of awareness among colleges and universities on asylum applications is leading to delays and postponements for more and more young people.
"Sometimes they say you need an online application and as a person that doesn't know English, you cannot do this and so you just give it up and the whole year goes by. It's just wasted."Ahmed Mohammed says he is years behind his age group
"I remember being in a high level GCSE class but the only thing I knew was plus, minus and multiplication. Everyone else was answering the teacher's questions with ease.Gobika, 24, is from Sri Lanka and struggling to get into university because she is yet to pass GCSE English. "We often have young people say to us that so much of what they get asked about is backwards-looking.
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