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Special Envoy of the UNHCR for the Central Mediterranean situation Tweets are my own. Retweets may or may not mean endorsement

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  1. 2 hours ago

    Oil smuggling in is protected by the same militias involved in trafficking, all EU countries should tackle this with no more delays or excuses. Inaction simply = complicity. Why no action from EU Council on this?⁦⁦⁩

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    Jul 1

    1/2: Le dramatique sort qui est celui des africains aux frontières de l’Europe se double aujourd’hui de la récurrence de pratiques intolérables contre ces populations en Afrique même. Sous peine de perdre tout crédit moral sur cette question,

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    Jul 1

    2/2: notre Union ne saurait pratiquer ici la politique du deux poids deux mesures: condamner les violations flagrantes des droits des africains ailleurs et pratiquer la politique de l’autruche lorsque des faits similaires ont lieu sur le continent.

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    19 hours ago

    There is no migration/refugee crisis in Europe. Very low arrival and "secondary movement" figures are the opportunity for EU states to focus together on real issues like asylum reform, safe pathways and more+better aid to refugee hosting+transit countries.

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  5. 19 hours ago

    interesting court case against some1 involved in . The Nigerian victims’ relatives suffered retaliation in Nigeria. Victims must be assisted to testify confidentially. & other solutions than return must be found

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  6. Jul 4

    Thanks for reminding us these shocking numbers, decisions to cut rescue at sea capacities also lead to more deaths

    (🔴BREAKING) DEAD AND MISSING AT SEA: Since June 1st, attempted crossings from have become THE RISKIEST since accurate public recordings started in 2016. ALMOST 1 IN 10 died or went missing upon departure from the Libyan coast bettween June 1st and July 2nd. 👇
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  7. Jul 4

    , working on peace-building, voluntary returns, maintaining decent levels of assistance & protection in the camps in should deserve higher priority in the response to onward movements leading to Libya

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  8. Jul 4

    No quick fix indeed, but part of the much-needed fix!

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  9. Jul 2

    In 1816, in the raft of the Medusa, 15 persons survived, in some of the daily tragedies of the Central Med, no1 survives & more will die if we do not maintain a credible -at-sea capacity on both sides of mare nostrum

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  10. Jul 1

    Coast, without solutions some of them will continue to move towards Libya. Renewed search for solutions is needed for this small residual group of

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  11. Jul 1

    , if the voluntary return of refugees is not sustainable & more supported, we should not be surprised that some of them will move to Algeria, Morocco & Libya

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  12. Jul 1

    , if we want to stop dangerous mouvements of refugees to & enable Sudanese refugees to return from Chad, Niger & Libya, serious peace-building efforts need to take place. Not enough highlighted in EU Council conclusions

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  13. Jun 30

    , le jour où nous perdrons notre capacité à nous indigner devant de telles tragédies, nous perdrons le droit de nous appeler des êtres humains.

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  14. Jun 30

    We should not accept such tragedy as something that cannot be avoided. The day we will be indifferent, we will loose the right to call ourselves human beings

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  15. Jun 30

    , Agadez, we need to invest more in protection services and solutions in countries of transit so that people do not feel compelled to embark on dangerous journeys to

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  16. Jun 29

    , serious investment in peace-building & community stabilisation is what the European Council should prioritise in such countries which are at the same time countries of origin, of first asylen & of transit

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  17. Jun 29

    Faso, good initiative, bit birth registratorn is only a small part of building comprehensive civil registration systems in West Africa which needs to be sustainable. Good for the States, the citizens of WA and for Europe!

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  18. Jun 29

    Central Mediterranean Sea, solutions can be found for a better management of mixed movements on both sides of the Mediterranean

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  19. Jun 25

    , refugees from Burkina Faso need protection & assistance if we want to prevent secondary movements to Algeria & Libya

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  20. Jun 25

    I will be talking at today. 174 refugees resettled from after their evacuation from in 7 months. Can’t we do better? Solidarity should translate in credible numbers.

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