This article examines Refugee Youth and Educational Aspirations: Agency, Barriers, and Success Factors: Lessons from the COVID-19 Pandemic with a focused emphasis on Equatorial Guinea within the field of Medicine. It is structured as a research protocol that organises the problem, the strongest verified scholarship, and the main analytical implications in a concise publication-ready format. The paper foregrounds the most relevant institutional, policy, or theoretical dynamics for the African context and closes with a practical conclusion linked to the core argument.