Oilibhín Ní hEideáin (Olivia Headon)Verified account

@livheadon

Feminist. Migrant. Ally. Humanitarian Press Officer. For media: +41794035365 or oheadon@iom.int

Geneva, Switzerland
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Joined December 2013
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    Jul 3

    Don't often ask for retweets but hoping Irish Twitter will do its thing. Years ago I found this letter from Seamus Heaney inside a 2nd hand book I bought in Belfast. I wonder if the owner would like it back?

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  2. Jul 2

    I am weeping! Gwan the proud dads!

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    This year at , we had the proudest bus in the parade, not because it had the most glitter or flags, because it had the proudest people, Proud Dads. Gwan ahead and warm the cockles of your heart.
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    Jul 1

    Follow us to Obock, one of the major transit points for migrants hoping to cross to :

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    Jul 1

    The grim statistics off Libya so far this week: 204 dead at sea, 57 survivors, 10,000 returned to Libya this year by Libya Coast Guards and almost 1,000 deaths in the central Mediterranean route since the start of the year. How much worse should it get?

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    Jun 30

    HAPPENING NOW IOM team are leaving reception center with IDPs to their temporary accommodations in Sana'a, . Joy and relief all around. Job well done.

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    Jun 29

    BREAKING: António Manuel de Carvalho Ferreira Vitorino elected as new Director General of IOM.

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    Jun 28

    Today, IOM, in collaboration with local government and UN-Partners, relocates Group 2 and 3 of to another Sana’a site. ’a, meanwhile Registration continues and NFI distribution is ongoing. More to follow..

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    Jun 27

    To celebrate Bliain na Gaeilge, learn a new phrase every week with the This week’s phrase: Ar snámh na lámh Pronunciation: Err snaw-v nah law-v Translation: Crowdsurfing

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  9. Jun 27

    . is an inspiration to all women (men and other) around the world. No matter who you are you have the strength inside of you to radicalize the system in the name of good!

    Meet Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. She just defeated the 4th highest-ranking Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives —winning 57 percent of the vote running on a platform with three primary agendas:
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    Jun 27

    It has been 1 year since the in was activated. Find out more about the achievements for the newest humanitarian response cluster at . Way to go , teams, partners and ! Thanks to +

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    Jun 27

    South Sudanese rival leaders signed a peace agreement in Khartoum on Wednesday under which a ceasefire would take hold after 72 hours, Sudan's foreign minister said, although a rebel spokesman rejected other points

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    Jun 27

    Its been confirmed that the earnings requirement of €30,000 will not apply. This is great news

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    Jun 27

    Ireland is to offer refuge to 25 people who are currently on a ship off the coast of Malta. |

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    Jun 22

    Children as young as 10 are being employed at this cigarette manufacturing factory in Bangladesh.

    Video: Bangladesh factory employs children
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    Jun 22

    🎤 Three of our young talents from IOM’s transit centre for in Niamey took the stage last night during the finale of the music competition "Tremplin de jeunes talents au Niger" with the theme irregular migration! 👇

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  16. Jun 21

    This is absolutely disgusting

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    Jun 21

    launches today! So excited about this project

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  18. Jun 21

    Our shares her story of being 19 and becoming internally displaced: "Ever the optimist, my father, who was a dentist, had sealed his clinic with a sign indicating “will be back in a week”. Those three days turned into thirty-three."

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    Jun 20

    Many migrants in Yemen are abused and trafficked, writes , of the UN Migration Agency.

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    Jun 20

    100,000 migrants entered Yemen last year and we do not know how many are currently caught up in the conflict. I wrote about the situation migrants find themselves in in the warzone and why it is rarely makes the headlines for .

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