The young people, from countries including Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, attend Brighter Futures projects in London, Manchester and Middlesbrough, run by Save the Children.
Fourteen teenagers from Manchester will present their own research into the admissions process of universities in the Northeast. They found that asylum seekers were often refused places or were charged higher fees, which social services could not afford.
A group of 11 from Middlesbrough, which created posters on racist bullying, plans to ask the commissioner and MPs what should be done to tackle racism.
The project was funded with 11,000 from The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund.
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