Sylvie Francis

@sylviefrancis1

Social media video producer for UNHCR. Follow us 📲 .

Switzerland
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Joined February 2012
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    Jun 20

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

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    Jun 20

    We have to celebrate the courage and resilience of refugees - UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Cate Blanchett joined us for today - see more on

    5 replies . 293 retweets 539 likes
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    Jun 19

    We have a remarkable social media team ! Thanks for standing

    Thanks , , for our World Refugee Day emoji! A hug = a symbol of solidarity with refugees.
    2 replies . 25 retweets 94 likes
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    Jun 18

    Record 68.5 million people fleeing war or persecution worldwide

    24 replies . 266 retweets 178 likes
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    Jun 19

    68,500,000 people. 68,500,000 stories. 68,500,000 dreams. 68,500,000 journeys. 68,500,000 lives uprooted. 68,500,000 longing for home. 68,500,000 heads full of memories. 68,500,000 PEOPLE were displaced at the end of 2017.

    12 replies . 190 retweets 221 likes
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  6. Jun 19

    Not 1 in a million. Not 1 in a thousand. Not 1 in 500. 1 in every 110 people on the planet has been forced to flee. New UNHCR report:

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  7. Jun 18

    Every 2 seconds, another person is forced to flee their home⏱ Read the new UNHCR report:

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    Tens of millions have been forced to flee their homes. This is where they come from. Read our report:
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    Jun 18

    State security and basic humanity are not incompatible.

    8 replies . 173 retweets 276 likes
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    Jun 18

    "These people have lost everything... they have nothing, but they're free." Our Special Envoy Angelina Jolie describes the devastation, suffering, and glimpses of hope she saw on a visit to West Mosul, Iraq.

    17 replies . 238 retweets 464 likes
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    Jun 9

    We're LIVE at - the first ever event in a refugee camp. Join us between 10am and 3pm Kenya time as we share talks from amazing refugees and advocates, stories that will uplift and inspire the entire world. 🎥

    5 replies . 155 retweets 212 likes
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    Jun 8

    is the FIRST EVER TEDx event hosted in a refugee camp, and it takes place TOMORROW! I wish I could be there, but I’ll be watching inspirational refugee speakers, international experts, and artists. Join me?

    10 replies . 129 retweets 353 likes
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    May 31

    What keeps our Deputy High Commissioner up at night? We asked her:

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  13. May 31

    Watch the world’s first ever event from a refugee camp! 📢 June 9th ➡️ Register for the digital event here 📥

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    Stories that uplift and inspire not just the communities that host them but the entire world. Join us at on 9 June
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    May 11

    Work with me and the ace UNHCR global social media team in this🗽 New York-based job, focusing on content creation and community management. 👩🏽‍💻🤳🏻🤹🏼‍♀️ 🔗

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    Apr 25

    Not only are they , Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh also have to face immense heat, monsoon rains, risk of landslides and floods. doing everything possible to protect them.

    2 replies . 44 retweets 72 likes
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    Apr 24

    Wow. 📸 I am so thrilled to learn that won for best use of photography in a website. + + = 🏆

    Searching for Syria: Exploring the world's top questions about the Syrian refugee crisis. UNHCR in partnership with Google.
    Thuha, a Syrian girl who fled Aleppo at age 5, holds a doll she made near her family's tent in Lebanon. Photo ©UNHCR/Sam Tarling 2016
    Where are Syrian refugees going? Photo: ©Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images 2013
    Three Syrian refugee siblings peer out the window of their new home in Austria. Photo: ©UNHCR/Mark Henley 2016
    9 replies . 68 retweets 182 likes
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  17. Apr 24

    In Kutupalong refugee settlement, our site planners use drones to map settlements, assess needs and take action ahead of the monsoons.

    1 reply . 28 retweets 72 likes
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    Apr 24

    Since August 2017 over 700,000 Rohingya Refugees have fled Myanmar to camps in Bangladesh and they need our help.

    2 replies . 32 retweets 62 likes
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  19. Apr 23

    From barbers 💇🏽‍♂️ to bakers 👨🏽‍🍳, enterprising refugees are setting up shop. On my last day in Kutupalong refugee settlement, it was great to see examples of trying to rebuild their lives Read more from :

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    Apr 22

    Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are building waterproof shelters that can resist strong winds. You contribution can help Rohingya families to survive the monsoon season:

    3 replies . 126 retweets 151 likes
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