This thesis examines the reconstruction of identity of first generation Somali refugeeyouth in the context of refugee education in the Netherlands within the theoretical frameworkof acculturation. It gives an account of the Somali youth’s educational past and of refugeeeducation in the Netherlands. Somali past and Dutch future are pursuing factors in the youth’sidentity. By using Bennett’s Developmental Model of Intercultural Sensitivity this thesisdemonstrates the answer of the Somali youth to these claims; the individual is the keynegotiator and final determiner and their decision is formed after evaluation of the context andsubject of each claim.