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@Refugees

The official account of , the United Nations Refugee Agency. Providing life-saving aid and protection to + the forcibly displaced.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 20

    ⬇️Spot the refugee ⬇️ 🧑🏾👶🏻👧🏿👩🏼🧓🏾👧🏻🧒🏽👨🏻👨🏾🧓🏽👴🏻👶🏿🧔🏿👨🏽 👩🏻🧑🏻👶🏽👵🏽👦🏼🧔🏻👩🏿👱🏼‍♀️👵🏼👶🏽🧒🏽👦🏾🧔🏼👴🏼 👧🏽👩🏾👵🏻👶🏾👱🏼‍♂️👦🏽👩🏻🧒🏾🧔🏽👱🏾‍♀️👨🏿🧒🏻🧓🏻🧑🏽 You see? They're just like you and me.

    446 replies . 3,100 retweets 5,650 likes
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  2. 4 minutes ago

    Refugee + asylum seeking children in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands and Switzerland have found new homes and a chance to dream again

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  3. 2 hours ago

    2013 📈 2014 📈 2015 📈 2016 📈 2017 📈 For the 5th year in a row, the number of people forcibly displaced reached a new high.

    2 replies . 53 retweets 52 likes
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  4. Retweeted
    3 hours ago

    EU member states will soon debate migration and refugees. Read the statement which I issued ahead of these important discussions.

    4 replies . 37 retweets 59 likes
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  5. 3 hours ago

    In accommodation centres in Niger, families who fled war are safe but live in limbo

    17 retweets 34 likes
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  6. 4 hours ago

    Journalist 📹 Interpreter 👄 Loves a cup of tea ☕ Refugee Spend a day with Abbas in Brussels 🇧🇪 -

    1 reply . 32 retweets 73 likes
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  7. Retweeted
    13 hours ago

    , if assistance levels continue to deteriorate in key transit countries, we should not be surprised if people continue to go to Libya to try to cross the Mediterranean Sea. Asylum systems must be strengthened in transit States, as promised in Valetta

    1 reply . 31 retweets 39 likes
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  8. 5 hours ago

    Created by a refugee and run by refugees. This successful business, ‘From Syria With Love’, sends a strong message that refugees can help each other and contribute to their host communities.

    2 replies . 22 retweets 35 likes
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  9. 6 hours ago

    Their homes are rubble. But when they see their photos, they remember.

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  10. 7 hours ago

    The $951 million appeal to meet the immediate needs of more than 880,000 refugees and over 330,000 Bangladeshis in communities affected by the crisis is just 21% funded

    4 replies . 53 retweets 61 likes
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  11. Retweeted
    7 hours ago

    Asst.High Comm'r Ops is in the Far-North Region to take the stock on the operations and see the humanitarian consequences of the ongoing violence.

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  12. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    👨🏾‍⚕️ 👩🏽‍🍳 👷🏾‍♀️ 👨🏽‍🔬 👮🏽‍♂️ 👩🏾‍🚒 👩🏾‍🏫 👨🏽‍🏭 👩🏽‍🔧 👨🏾‍⚖️ 👩🏽‍💼 👨🏿‍🚒 👩🏾‍✈️ 👩🏼‍🌾 👩🏾‍⚖️ 👨🏾‍🍳 👨🏽‍🎤 🧕🏽 👩🏽‍⚕️ 👩🏾‍🚀 👩🏿‍🏭 👩🏾‍🎤 👨🏿‍💼 👩🏾‍🔬 👨🏽‍🎨 Can you spot the refugee? They are just like you and me

    71 replies . 2,009 retweets 4,688 likes
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  13. 8 hours ago

    Amr dreams of a world without war. Originally from Syria, he now lives in Vienna, Austria and wants to be a journalist to tell the real story because "people must hear the truth and journalists have the power to do that."

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  14. 8 hours ago

    around the world: 🇵🇭 Aid distribution for displaced people in Marawi, Philippines 🇮🇶 Syrians & hosts perform traditional dance in Iraq 🇪🇹 A national dress fashion show in Ethiopia 🇩🇯 Dance & sports for refugees & locals in Markazi settlement Dijbouti

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    1 reply . 25 retweets 37 likes
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  15. Retweeted
    9 hours ago

    Inspiring as always to meet President of Niger, leader of a generous, tolerant and hospitable people.

    1 reply . 25 retweets 84 likes
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  16. 9 hours ago

    “We need to improve shelter, health care, sanitation” - appeals for international community to support Niger

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  17. 9 hours ago

    UN Filippo Grandi traveled overnight from Libya to Niger with 122 refugees freed from detention centres in Tripoli. They touched down in the early hours of - a day of hope. We are working to get them a new home.

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  18. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    The Mayors are calling for more local authorities and municipalities to join them in welcoming and including refugees in their communities. We hope to see the list grow! More here:

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  19. 10 hours ago

    These inspiring Danish students are helping refugees apply to university 🇩🇰

    2 replies . 96 retweets 261 likes
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  20. 11 hours ago

    220 people have drown off Libya in recent days. These latest fatalities have pushed the death toll in the Central Mediterranean route to over 1,000 in 2018.

    5 replies . 61 retweets 66 likes
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  21. Retweeted
    Jun 21

    In 🇹🇿 they beat drums. In 🇺🇦 they laughed. In 🇧🇩 they painted. In 🇺🇬 they danced. In 🇮🇳 they posed. In 🇸🇳 they slammed. In 🇳🇬 they sang. In 🇺🇸 they displayed. Around the 🌏🌍🌎 we came together.

    12 replies . 283 retweets 639 likes
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