Gillian Triggs

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 22/07/2020

Franciscan priest Father Dionysius Mintoff has been providing shelter and support to asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants at his “Peace Lab” in Malta for more than 18 years. This is what help, hope and solidarity looks like. https://t.co/uxyeFIgIGp

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 21/07/2020

What an honour to meet Dr. Katrine Camilleri, ⁦⁦@JRSMalta⁩ Director and Nansen Award winner 2007. She continues to carry out vital and tireless work, supporting refugees and asylum-seekers in accessing their rights. ⁦⁦@UNHCRMalta⁩ https://t.co/k3JfoW3iYA

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 21/07/2020

Great meeting with Refugee Commissioner @robertabuhagiar @MaltaGov to discuss RefCom's work in establishing the new International Protection Agency and further strengthening the country’s asylum procedures. @UNHCRMalta https://t.co/jIoedKWlas

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 21/07/2020

I am in Malta this week here to support the wonderful efforts of our office @UNHCRMalta. I am looking forward to meeting and working with our counterparts and partners in the Government and NGO and refugee communities. @Samar_A_Mazloum https://t.co/LZOnhpZAjL

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 17/07/2020

RT @FilippoGrandi: Today the @Uni_of_Essex and UNHCR signed an agreement to strengthen their partnership. We did it at the start of a dis…

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 17/07/2020

We welcome Ukraine's new statelessness law which will help some 35,000 people access essential rights and ultimately become citizens. This is an important step towards ending statelessness! #IBelong https://t.co/9pfJJLSBqA

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 10/07/2020

She watched her neighbours get killed She watched their homes set ablaze When armed militia attacked her village, she had no choice but to flee. For vulnerable people like Emmanuelle, Uganda opening its border is a promise of hope and safety. https://t.co/FNzZ6Uc7Bt

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 09/07/2020

#CommunitySponsorship is a tangible way for individuals and communities to support directly refugees and help them integrate into their new homes. I look forward to a discussion with @theGRSI today on how we can continue to build on these programs: https://t.co/Srpub4iZoL

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 09/07/2020

The crisis in Afghanistan has entered its fifth decade. The international community cannot allow another decade of despair. https://t.co/1m2imHgYGP

Gillian Triggs

@GillianTriggs - 08/07/2020

We need to mobilize political will to save lives, protect rights and ‘build back better’ after COVID. I'm encouraged to have heard so many expressions of support to UNHCR's work and the Global Compact on Refugees at our Standing Committee meeting: https://t.co/HoSZyqwmyl