Many refugees in South Africa find themselves unable to begin or continue with their education. A 2003 study, the ‘National Refugee Baseline Survey’, found that almost 40 percent of persons surveyed had children who were not attending school, mostly because their parents were unable to afford the fees. Those surveyed also reported that refugee children were turned away from primary schools because the facilities were said to be full, or unwilling to accept children with asylum seeker and refugee permits.