CRC/C/LVA/CO/2 page 14 (b) To strengthen measures aimed at decreasing drop-out and repetition rates in primary and secondary education in all regions, and to ensure that all children have equal opportunities to complete their education; (c) To expand measures to prevent bullying among children at school; (d) To take measures to inform parents of the importance of education, and where appropriate, to provide incentives to families to encourage children to attend school, including financial assistance for educational supplies and the provision of school lunches; and (e) To improve the standard of living, the disciplinary treatment, and the quality of education for children attending residential boarding schools and schools in rural and remote areas, and to reduce disparities in allocated resources and facilities. 7. Special protection measures (arts. 22; 30; 32-36; 37, paras. (b)-(d); 38; 39; 40, of the Convention) Refugee children 52. The Committee welcomes the entry into force of the new law on asylum, yet is concerned that asylum-seekers and their children may be held at the border at inadequate detention facilities without access to medical care, and deported without access to legal counsel. The Committee is concerned that children born to parents who are asylum-seekers cannot be issued formal birth certificates. It is also concerned that the definition of “family” found in section 29 of the Asylum Law limits opportunities for family reunification, particularly in the case of separated or unaccompanied children whose parents are deceased or whose whereabouts are unknown. 53. The Committee recommends that the State party: (a) Undertake measures to ensure the availability of adequate facilities for refugee children in Latvia, including access to legal counsel and medical care, as well as the availability of education, irrespective of the status of the refugee child; (b) Ensure that asylum-seeking children, including separated children, are only detained when it is necessary to protect their best interest and for the shortest time possible, and take into account article 37 of the Convention and general comment No. 6 on the treatment of unaccompanied and separated children outside their country of origin (2005); (c) Ensure that the births of children born to asylum-seekers are immediately registered in accordance with article 7 of the Convention; (d) Take steps to broaden the definition of “family” in the Asylum Law to promote family reunification; and (e) Create training programmes related to the principles and provisions of the Convention for border guards, police and judiciary.