Research on migrant children and young people has often focused on the global North and less on South–South migration. This article discusses language and its effect on how young migrants access Ghanaian schools. Through interviews with 68 pupils, 21 parents and 40 teachers and principals from 30 schools across Accra, we found that children and young people from francophone countries were placed in lower than age-appropriate grades due to their lower command of English. Our study highlights the complex linguistic barriers facing migrant youth in an anglocentric educational system. The article discusses the relevance of our results in other postcolonial multilingual nations in the global South.

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全球南方的儿童、语言和上学机会：加纳移民案例

对流动儿童和年轻人的研究通常集中在全球北方，而不是南南移民。本文讨论语言及其对年轻移民如何进入加纳学校的影响。通过对来自阿克拉 30 所学校的 68 名学生、21 名家长和 40 名教师和校长的采访，我们发现来自法语国家的儿童和青少年由于英语水平较低而被安排在低于适龄的年级。我们的研究强调了以英语为中心的教育体系中移民青年面临的复杂语言障碍。本文讨论了我们的结果与全球南方其他后殖民多语言国家的相关性。