Tarik Argaz

@TarikArgazUNHCR

UNHCR Assoc. Communication & Public Information Officer. Libya Operation. Opinions my own. RT≠Endorsment

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Joined April 2008
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    May 13

    When an 8-year-old is pushed to escape her village after witnessing the death of her mother, and suddenly finds herself deprived of any protection or a roof to sleep under, it means things in this world are likely to keep going so terribly wrong for a while. more...

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    Jul 5

    Statement by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi on the situation in south west Syria: via

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  3. 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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  4. Retweeted
    Jul 2

    Nothing could’ve prepared me for the scale of crisis and extent of suffering I saw today in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. I heard heartbreaking accounts from Rohingya refugees that will stay with me forever. My appeal to the int’l community is to step up support.

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  5. Retweeted
    Jun 29

    Heads of states reached a thin agreement last night where the 27 are neither obliged 2 take a share of refugees stuck in other countries, nor establish centers 2 host most vulnerable new arrivals. Meanwhile in interceptions and loss of lives continue

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  6. Jun 29

    Heads of states reached a thin agreement last night where the 27 are neither obliged 2 take a share of refugees stuck in other countries, nor establish centers 2 host most vulnerable new arrivals. Meanwhile in interceptions and loss of lives continue

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  7. Jun 28

    As talks on migration are ongoing at the Summit in , and present key proposals to curb loss of life at sea

    UNHCR, IOM tonight urging EU to chart a new way forward to reduce loss of life on Mediterranean
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  8. Retweeted
    Jun 27

    ما هي الفئة المحمية بموجب القانون الدولي الإنساني؟ - المدنيون - الكوادر الطبية - الصحفيون - أسرى الحرب - الجرحى والمرضى ============== الإجابة: كل ما سبق

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    Jun 25

    Llegadas de inmigrantes a UE: 2014> 229.017 2015> 1.047.210 2016:> 374.314 2017> 184.843 2018> 50.430* *(ene-jun) Repitan conmigo. En la UE de 2018 no hay una crisis migratoria por la llegada masiva de inmigrantes. Hay una crisis política que toma como rehén el tema migratorio

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  10. Jun 24

    Over 1000 people disembarked in Tripoli last 5 days. and issues are on the table next and urgent actions need to be taken

    Happening now: 490 individuals disembarked in - more than 1,000 refugees and migrants disembarked during the past 5 days
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  11. Retweeted
    Jun 23

    Today UNHCR provided humanitarian assistance at the Tripoli Naval Base where 25 individuals were disembarked. With daily disembarkations happening, calling for alternative legal pathways to avoid dangerous crossings across the Mediterranean Sea

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    Jun 22

    EU member states will soon debate migration and refugees. Read the statement which I issued ahead of these important discussions.

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    Jun 22

    11:30pm - UNHCR teams currently at the Tripoli Naval Base where 100 refugees and migrants are being helped with humanitarian and medical assistance after being disembarked in

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  14. Jun 22

    68,5 Million people uprooted

    2013 📈 2014 📈 2015 📈 2016 📈 2017 📈 For the 5th year in a row, the number of people forcibly displaced reached a new high.
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    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 21

    Happening now: team at the Tripoli Naval Base providing humanitarian and medical assistance to 350 refugees & migrants just disembarked in Libya in dire conditions

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  17. Retweeted
    Jun 19

    68,500,000 people. 68,500,000 stories. 68,500,000 dreams. 68,500,000 journeys. 68,500,000 lives uprooted. 68,500,000 missed chances. 68,500,000 longing for home. 68,500,000 unthinkable tragedies. 68,500,000 heads full of memories. 68,500,000 were displaced at the end of 2017.

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    Jun 18

    Starting my visit to Libya by remembering all those who have lost their lives in desperate attempts to cross the sea. They are people, not numbers. Women, men, children. May they rest in peace.

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    Jun 1

    We are appalled by a deadly incident in Libya in which traffickers killed 12 people after a group of some 200 captive Eritreans, Ethiopians and Somalis attempted to escape. UNHCR colleagues are on the ground helping the survivors, who include children.

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  20. Retweeted
    Jun 1

    This demonstrates the huge challenge of providing protection to refugees in Libya, where many people fleeing war and persecution fall prey to criminal networks who exploit and abuse them or later often perish at sea while searching for safety in Europe.

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  21. Retweeted
    May 16

    An inter-agency mission led by 🇱🇾was in yesterday to assess the humanitarian situation. Mission met w/ the Mayor, local CSOs & visited a school & a health facility. Medicines + school infrastructures + support to 3,000 returnee families emerged as priority needs.

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