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@Refugees

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

120 countries
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Joined April 2008
Born on 20 June 1951
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jun 20

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

    451 replies . 3,157 retweets 5,789 likes
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  2. 9 minutes ago

    “The communities here need stability. Migrants and refugees need stability. But resources are very limited.” - meets refugees from Burkina Faso and Niger in Mali

    13 retweets 23 likes
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  3. 1 hour ago

    There is a single global refugee crisis and developing countries are rising to the occasion to extend a helping hand.

    5 replies . 28 retweets 38 likes
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  4. 3 hours ago

    🚩If we neglect refugee girls’ education the consequences will be felt for generations. 🚩It is time to make refugee girls’ education a priority. 🚩It's .

    5 replies . 63 retweets 117 likes
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  5. 4 hours ago

    “No one becomes a refugee by choice” ~

    4 replies . 118 retweets 224 likes
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  6. 6 hours ago

    🚩If we neglect refugee girls’ education the consequences will be felt for generations. 🚩It is time to make refugee girls’ education a priority. 🚩It's .

    4 replies . 35 retweets 93 likes
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  7. 7 hours ago

    Syria. Somalia. Lebanon. Colombia. The photos look different, but they all bring the same reminder. Home.

    32 retweets 93 likes
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  8. 9 hours ago

    “People came back and found their houses smashed. Basic services are lacking.” - meets families affected by conflict in Mali

    1 reply . 32 retweets 46 likes
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  9. Retweeted
    Jun 21

    , Agadez, kids of Sudanese origin born in , father missing in captivity in Southern Libya. Many children born from rape. Increased assistance & access to asylum procedure needed

    1 reply . 40 retweets 51 likes
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  10. 12 hours ago

    Tens of millions of people around the world have been forced to flee their homes. Half of them are children.

    7 replies . 158 retweets 220 likes
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  11. 13 hours ago

    📚 Refugee girls are only 50% as likely to go to secondary level as boys. ♀ It’s time to change this. It’s .

    40 retweets 92 likes
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  12. Retweeted
    17 hours ago

    Those shouting about a “refugee emergency” in Europe or America should visit African communities giving refuge to millions with small resources. Energies would be better spent helping people address problems here while sharing some of the refugee burden born by poor countries.

    7 replies . 256 retweets 436 likes
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  13. 14 hours ago

    The refugee children are learning French 🇫🇷 through traditional songs 🎶 before being transferred to public school.

    7 replies . 83 retweets 189 likes
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  14. 15 hours ago

    📚 Refugee girls are only 50% as likely to go to secondary level as boys. ♀ It’s time to change this. It’s .

    4 replies . 43 retweets 80 likes
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  15. 16 hours ago

    Refugees in Kakuma camp in Kenya have set up shop, offering everything from household products to access to electricity, and creating a blossoming economy in the process.

    1 reply . 34 retweets 66 likes
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  16. 18 hours ago

    Ali is using his translation skills to help asylum-seekers in Greece rebuild their lives

    1 reply . 17 retweets 66 likes
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  17. 19 hours ago

    Giving refugees a chance to meet people from around the world and feel at home 🏡

    3 replies . 41 retweets 86 likes
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  18. 21 hours ago

    A Syrian refugee is making award-winning Halloumi cheese in the English countryside, creating jobs for both local Yorkshire folk and refugees. 👌

    7 replies . 193 retweets 521 likes
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  19. 22 hours ago

    🕺🏽Dance 🎭Drama 🎶Music Help refugees recover from trauma, gain confidence, and smile again

    2 replies . 37 retweets 83 likes
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  20. 23 hours ago

    "We’re older than our years, we have become adults. We grew up a lot in this journey." Liaqat and Rahila & their family fled Pakistan in 2015, to avoid militia threats from a group that targets Hazaras.

    2 replies . 57 retweets 72 likes
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  21. 24 hours ago

    Human rights are relevant for all of us, every day.

    13 replies . 156 retweets 324 likes
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