PARIS: The Dalai Lama on Tuesday urged Europe to emphasise education for the hundreds of thousands of refugees that have arrived mainly from the war-torn Middle East as a means of rebuilding their home countries.

"Provide them education, particularly for children," the Tibetan spiritual leader told AFP during a visit to France. "Then... eventually these refugees return (to) their own land and rebuild their own countries."

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