Chris Reardon
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 05/02/2020
“We cannot turn them away. What would we do? Tell them to leave to go get killed?” A glimmer of generosity amid worsening violence in the #Sahel –by @MissMahoo @Refugees https://t.co/f7UMnK1a26
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 05/02/2020
"The emergency is here, in the #Sahel, where people are suffering, are being killed, women are being raped, children cannot go to school." @FilippoGrandi calls for more int'l support after visiting refugees and IDPs in Niger, Mauritania + Burkina Faso. ?https://t.co/dkKzB1cBOo https://t.co/3vSRJxQ0Xq
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 05/02/2020
? Amiri’s happy place is a dance studio known as the Termite Mound. ? ? ? Still a teenager, he’s been on the move since 2012—a refugee fleeing violence in Mali and Burkina Faso. A bittersweet #Sahel story by @DPAQreport: https://t.co/PJvfNorjQ5
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 22/01/2020
“This is a time to step up, not check out—a time to reenlist, reengage, and reconnect, both with each other and with the deep, abiding optimism at the heart of the democratic creed.” —@darrenwalker on the urgency of #hope https://t.co/gtu06yn9bN
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 20/01/2020
? Undaily Bread ? A series by photographer @GreggSegal focuses on families fleeing Venezuela—and what they have to eat while trekking to safety. #TetrisChallenge @ACNURamericas https://t.co/IFHVyF0j9t
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 07/01/2020
“I was the mother and the father—I did everything.” Nassa Yangi fled South Sudan at age 17 and cared for 7 nieces and nephews for over a year—until she was reunited with her own mother. That’s one happy ending, but many refugee children are not so lucky. https://t.co/5FjzQq1YdQ
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 02/01/2020
????Fluent in Japanese and English? ??Black belt in social media? ???Keen to work for a good cause? Come join us in Japan to help inspire and engage audiences around the ??????? ??????? ???? competing at the #Tokyo2020 Summer Games! https://t.co/o0MpmMfJWJ https://t.co/ekcZAmNQJJ
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 17/12/2019
“International law is rooted in our collective desire to protect the vulnerable and render what help we can to those most in need of it.” UNHCR’s @GillianTriggs reflects on refugee protection, a timely message for today's #Refugee Forum. —via @Refugees https://t.co/2nevCW1Yhv
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 16/12/2019
?En garde! I’m clearly feeling inspired by meeting fencer Wasim Sami at the #RefugeeForum. He fled conflict in Iraq and is now vying for a spot at the 2020 @Paralympics in Tokyo.? ? Follow along with the Forum on our live blog: https://t.co/yZPEUPWtGA https://t.co/C5HOqgqaWi
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Chris Reardon
@scoop_reardon - 16/12/2019
The #RefugeeForum is about turning words into action. Follow us this week as we bring leaders together to show how they are taking steps to help refugees and host communities thrive. @Refugees https://t.co/jhhjFOELdU
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