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  1. Pinned Tweet
    11 Oct 2017

    When is 1>65 million? In stories of people fleeing war + persecution. 🎥Watch my talk on the Arithmetic of Compassion

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  2. 20 hours ago

    So proud to have worked with and for both of you, + , and so pleased to see you now working with one another!

    ⁦⁩ is one of the UN’s great leaders - an inspiration to us all. Yesterday, she was in (and ) and ⁦today in with Deputy SecGen. Glad to join discussion about putting people first.
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  3. Jul 4

    Ndiba’s 5 teenage girls were kidnapped, starved, beaten and abused for 5 months. But now she feels lucky, because she got them back alive—unlike so many other mothers from her village in DRC’s Tanganyika province.

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  4. Jul 2

    💔 “It is impossible to visit these camps without breaking our hearts with the suffering of the Rohingya people.” — chief speaking Monday from Kutupalong refugee settlement in Bangladesh

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  5. Retweeted
    Jul 1

    After meeting with refugees in Cox's Bazar on Monday, & will take your questions live on Facebook. All info is here:

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  6. Jun 30

    Who's visiting Bangladesh right now to spotlight the perils facing Rohingya refugees? ✅ Secretary-General ✅ ’s ✅ 's ✅ 's via

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  7. Retweeted
    Jun 28

    On my way to Bangladesh to join UN Secretary-General , President , Executive Director . We will visit Rohingya refugees. We will discuss ways to strengthen support to host communities and the Bangladesh government.

    It's amazing what can do with bamboo. Below: building emergency evacuation shelters on flat land, away from landslide risks as monsoon rains persist in .
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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 27

    UNHCR, IOM tonight urging EU to chart a new way forward to reduce loss of life on Mediterranean

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  9. Jun 27

    “There is no refugee crisis in Europe and no refugee crisis in America. The crisis is elsewhere…”—

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  10. Retweeted
    Jun 27

    I'm with digital expert at UNHCR HQ, talking about using social media for social good. 📹 Join us live now at

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  11. Jun 27

    "Even worse than the physical ruin of the city is the invisible damage to the emotional landscape of its people." UNHCR Special Envoy reflects on our visit to Mosul earlier this month:

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  12. Retweeted
    Jun 20

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

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  13. Jun 20

    "It’s not about numbers. It’s about people. These are women. These are men. These are children. Desperate people who are risking their lives and often losing their lives." —

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  14. Retweeted
    Jun 20

    Ammy can finally talk to her two teenagers daughters in Eritrea. "I called them for the first time after 10 months, they thought I was dead."

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  15. Jun 20

    "Solutions for refugees are at hand, we only have to act." flew with 122 refugees last night from Libya to Niger, arriving on

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  16. Jun 20

    Our live blog showcases some of the ways people around the globe are celebrating . You can follow along here: via

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  17. Jun 20

    Some teens take up running as a school sport. 14-year-old Ayman does it because his parents were killed in Syria—and he fears that one day he may need to run again.

    Protecting refugee children is a test of our humanity. By Filippo Grandi and Henrietta H. Fore on
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  18. Retweeted
    Jun 19

    Flying tonight from Libya to Niger with 122 refugees freed from detention centers in Tripoli. Hopefully they will be resettled to third countries soon. This programme is crucial: it provides safe, orderly alternatives to people smuggling and exploitation.

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  19. Retweeted
    Jun 19

    On World Refugee Day, I ask you to remember the millions who were forced to leave their homes. Their story is one of resilience, perseverance and courage. Ours must be of solidarity, compassion and action.

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  20. Retweeted
    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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    Jun 18

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