Kate Loomis

@LoomisKatherine

external relations for the UN Refugee Agency | Capitol Hill & alum | and other things | views expressed are my own

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Joined September 2016
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    Jul 2

    More on the little girl who was stabbed to death at her birthday party in Boise: Her name was Ruya Kadir and she had just turned 3. She and her mom were Ethiopian refugees and she was her mother's "source of strength." She loved pink and Disney princesses

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  2. Retweeted
    Jul 3

    More people drowning in the Mediterranean. Rescue at sea must not be taken hostage by politics.

    Update: 2 shipwrecks took place over the past days with one disembarkation on 29 June in Tajoura (100 persons missing and 16 disembarked) and one today 2 July at the Tripoli Naval Base (114 persons missing and 276 disembarked) No disembarkation took place in Zwara.
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  3. Jul 2

    In the face of heinous brutality, I am heartened to see the chief standing squarely

    police chief: "The crime scene, the faces of the parents struggling with tears coming down their faces, will be something I carry with me the rest of my life"
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  4. Jun 27

    Mosul, Iraq - "How much better it would be if we saw their recovery as our joint endeavor, in the same way that we regarded the defeat of ISIS as a collective responsibility?"

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  5. Jun 27

    Algeria/Niger border - Algeria has abandoned more than 13,000 people in the past 14 mos, including pregnant women and children, forcing them to walk, sometimes at gunpoint, under temperatures of up to 48 degrees Celsius (that's 118 degrees Fahrenheit)

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  6. Jun 26

    Myanmar - A joint operation & the deployment of troops from outside Rakhine indicate central command @ the highest levels of the Burmese military over the "clearance operations" (genocide) that forced the to flee to Bangladesh - & soldiers have documented it on Facebook

    Killing, raping, burning: reveals how two light infantry divisions in Myanmar led a campaign that drove hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims from their homes.
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  7. Retweeted
    Jun 21

    A refugee child evacuated from Libya to Niger made this drawing. He could have been among the 220 people who drowned in the Mediterranean today. Let’s give more children safe pathways out of despair.

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    Jun 20

    This , are using YouTube to share their lives with the world. Spend a day : .

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    Jun 19

    Soccer coach ⚽️ Elementary school principal 👨🏿‍🏫 Family man 👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Refugee Spend a day with Bertine in Gillette, Wyoming

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  10. Jun 20

    So before we ask someone to seek asylum in "the right way," before we raise our physical and legal walls, before rushing to conclusions about terrorism or "cultural change" - consider that all were JUST like you and I, until one day something changed.

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  11. Jun 20

    I cannot imagine that any of us who are currently privileged enough to live in safety would make a different choice if confronted with the realities face. And for all we know, we too could find ourselves in a similar situation one day - we could become .

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  12. Jun 20

    Because for some reason you are under attack, you cannot feed your family or seek medical care for the injury your daughter sustained when the last bomb fell, because you cannot possibly continue to live where you have done so for your entire life. So, naturally, you flee.

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  13. Jun 20

    One day, were forced to leave behind everything they knew - their home, their business, loved ones, family mementos, pets - can you imagine? Leaving behind everything you have while being forced to run - literally - for your life?

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  14. Jun 20

    One day, determined they could no longer live safely in their homes - because they belonged to the "wrong" ethnic group and the military torched their village, because their father was kidnapped and murdered by the police, because bombs continued to fall from the sky.

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  15. Jun 20

    This I am reflecting on what it means to treat others with dignity, humanity, empathy. Refugees are no different from you or I. They had careers, families and aspirations. They woke up each morning and lived normal lives - until one day they didn't.

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  16. Jun 20

    The List: 34,361 men, women and children who perished trying to reach Europe - it puts names to what before where only numbers and - undoubtedly - represents only a fraction of the refugee and migrant lives lost.

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  17. Jun 20

    I can't imagine our office without Tina's positive attitude and hardworking spirit - I am so proud that the US welcomed her family after they fled Vietnam all those years ago - my brilliant colleague shares her resettlement story:

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  18. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    A person's dignity does not depend on them being a citizen, a migrant, or a refugee. Saving the life of someone fleeing war and poverty is an act of humanity.

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    Jun 20

    We encounter Jesus in those who are poor, rejected, or refugees. Do not let fear get in the way of welcoming our neighbour in need.

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  20. Jun 18

    There are effective ways to ensure border control without putting families through the lasting psychological trauma of child-parent separation.

    State security and basic humanity are not incompatible.
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