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    May 14

    What a treat to have former SG and team member Kofi Annan with whom to break bread - inspiring words: ‘who will be next Einstein turned away at the border? Your work will never be done...don’t turn your backs. Everyone should serve in UNHCR. Proud I was once one of you.’

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  2. Retweeted
    May 10

    Evacuations recommence! Another 132 were saved from detention in Libya and arrived safely this morning to Niamey. The next step will be long term .

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  3. May 10

    .: "This programme is really about saving vulnerable individuals from further harm...We now urgently need to find resettlement solutions for these refugees in other countries.”

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  4. May 10

    “Refugees in detention in Libya are languishing in extreme conditions that threaten their life and wellbeing,” said , UNHCR’s Special Envoy for the Central Mediterranean Situation

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  5. May 10

    UNHCR has evacuated 132 vulnerable & asylum-seekers out of Tripoli & flew them to Niamey, Niger

    BREAKING: UNHCR resumes life-saving evacuations from Libya
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  6. May 10

    BREAKING: UNHCR resumes life-saving evacuations from Libya

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  7. May 10

    UNHCR resumes life-saving refugee evacuations from

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  8. May 10

    Myanmar return home from Thailand with UNHCR support

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    May 10

    UNHCR calls on Austrian Government to keep protection at centre of asylum law amendments

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  10. Retweeted
    May 4

    Today’s Palais Media Briefing: UNHCR briefing on monsoon preparations for Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and clashes in Rwanda lead to another tragic death . For more info: Bangladesh: Rwanda:

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  11. Retweeted
    May 1

    Governments alone can't solve the global refugee crisis. looks at why businesses and individuals should join efforts like the Global Refugee Sponsorship Initiative: 📸A Canadian sponsor visits the Syrian family she helped resettle.🇨🇦

    Jessie Thompson holds baby Tajaldeen, part of a family of Syrian refugees she helped resettle to Canada through a private sponsorship program. Photo by UNHCR/@AnnieSakkab
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  12. Retweeted
    Apr 30

    Women in Iraq's refugee camps taught to sew

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  13. May 3

    French village opens its doors and its heart to African refugees

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  14. May 3

    UNHCR thanks Indonesia and Malaysia for rescue and disembarkation of Rohingya refugees, calls on countries in the region to comply with maritime search and rescue obligations

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  15. May 3

    "I’m half Scot, half Iraqi. But in Malmö in Sweden, I felt I belonged."

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  16. May 3

    "The upgrading of the Balochistan Institute of Nephro-Urology in Quetta will have a real impact & enable the host community & Afghan refugees to have access to modern health facilities. UNHCR has helped implement a project that improves the quality of people’s lives."

    Balochistan opens state-of-the-art kidney centre QUETTA, 2 May 2018: Balochistan opens a state-of-the-art public health facility providing free treatment to Pakistanis and Afghan refugee patients suffering from kidney disease.
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  17. May 3

    "With all the preventive measures in place, the number of reported cases is gradually declining,” Our on the launch of a major cholera vaccination drive in Uganda

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  18. May 3

    UNHCR continues to believe that a win-win agreement that would both benefit Israel and people needing asylum is in everyone’s best interests -

    Report says Netanyahu wants a better deal from the UN refugee agency, after pulling out of previous deal due to political pressure
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  19. Retweeted
    May 2

    On together with we've started new initiative – training for journalists on international humanitarian law. Freedom of expression is not for granted in post-truth era - must be defended & safety of journalists – ensured.

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  20. Retweeted
    Apr 26

    “It cannot get much worse than this.” makes an emotional plea for aid after already warning that has become a death trap for civilians. w/

    Filippo Grandi on "Connect the World"
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