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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Jul 5

    UN Filippo Grandi is gravely concerned about the civilian population caught in the crossfire in south-west Syria, including airstrikes and heavy shelling. An estimated 750,000 lives are in danger. His statement ⤵️

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  2. 10 minutes ago

    Farmer 🍌 Interpreter 👄 Businessman 💼 Teacher 👨🏿‍🏫 Refugee Spend a day with Jacob in Ghana. 🇬🇭 -

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  3. 38 minutes ago

    Thousands of children are thought to be missing as DR Congo's displacement crisis deepens.

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  4. 1 hour ago

    Loving the ? See how English club are welcoming refugees in the UK.

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  5. Retweeted
    8 hours ago

    Perhaps we are a bit short on the funding side for our operation in for refugees and ...

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  6. 3 hours ago

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

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  7. 3 hours ago

    As we enter the peak season for attempted crossings, saving lives must be the key priority. Our full statement: (7/7)

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  8. 3 hours ago

    With so many lives at stake, it is imperative to permit efforts to respond to people in distress at sea, aligned with the obligations under the law of the sea. (6/7)

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  9. 3 hours ago

    Any vessel with the capability to assist search and rescue operations should be allowed to come to the aid of those in need and later be allowed to disembark at the nearest appropriate safe port. (5/7)

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  10. 3 hours ago

    The high loss of life highlights the urgent need to strengthen search and rescue capacities in the region. (4/7)

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  11. 3 hours ago

    The bleak milestone of dead and missing has reached over 1,000 people so far in 2018. In June alone, one person died for every seven who crossed the Central Mediterranean. (3/7)

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  12. 3 hours ago

    When compared to the peak of the arrivals in the first half of 2016, the number is five times lower, and represents a return to pre-2014 averages. (2/7)

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  13. 3 hours ago

    Despite the sharp decline in the number of asylum-seekers and migrants reaching European shores after crossing the Mediterranean Sea, men, women and children continue to die at sea. (1/7)

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  14. 4 hours ago

    Ten months after hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees fled from Myanmar – more than half of them children – addressing their longer-term needs is becoming a key focus of the humanitarian response:

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  15. 4 hours ago

    Music is our common language - as this orchestra in Germany shows. 🎶🎻 🎺 🎹

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  16. 5 hours ago

    Spend a day with a refugee! These vlogs will take you inside the day of a refugee in: Bangladesh 🇧🇩 Jordan 🇯🇴 Belgium 🇧🇪 Colombia 🇨🇴 Ghana 🇬🇭 The United States 🇺🇸 Watch the full version here ➡️

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  17. 5 hours ago

    In 2017 Every 2 seconds ⌚️ someone was forced to flee 🚶🏽‍♀️ their home due to war, violence, or persecution. ⚠️

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  18. Retweeted
    Jul 4

    Wow! Thank you , your work inspires me too!

    ⁦⁩ 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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  19. Retweeted
    Jul 3

    ⁦⁩ 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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  20. Retweeted
    Jul 2

    Nothing feels better than being the top of the class! Naba and Sara graduated from the primary school at UNHCR’s Arbat camp for displaced Iraqis. They dream of becoming teachers so they can educate other girls when they grow up.

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  21. Retweeted
    Jul 4

    This family had to leave El Salvador with nothing but what they could carry, and in secrecy. They were being extorted by gangs who wanted their home. They have refugee status in…

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