Shabia Mantoo

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 14/01/2019

For civilians caught up in war zones, conflict is "is an unending litany of complications, disruptions and danger" - including for the elderly, some who must even cross minefields in order to pick up their pensions https://t.co/OQt69ckNf4

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 11/01/2019

#Syria: Reports of mounting civilian casualties – including many women and children – and large-scale civilian displacement amid renewed fighting in the Hajin enclave in Deir-ez-Zor. The latest: https://t.co/oCVxjbf0Xh

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 03/01/2019

UNHCR appeals for access to a group of Syrians, Yemenis + Palestinians stranded near Algeria’s border with Niger. Some of those are registered refugees or seeking international protection. News comment: https://t.co/K1xL0YJtEh

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 21/12/2018

2 years ago we did this piece with the head of @Refugees in #Yemen @AymanGharaibeh on the implications of unabated conflict. At the time the number of conflict-affected Yemenis in need of aid was 19M. Today that figure has spiraled to more than 24M. https://t.co/tq7oPjsFLs

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 19/12/2018

These figures are in addition to refugee + humanitarian permits issued to the 5 refugee pplns through national asylum systems +procedures which amount to 1.5 million over same period, highlighting critical and standalone importance of fair and efficient national asylum systems.

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 19/12/2018

#New UNHCR/OECD report shows OECD countries increasingly admitting refugees on non-humanitarian permits. In last 8 yrs, 560K people from Syria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia + Eritrea entered through family, work + study permits compared to 350,400 resettled. https://t.co/XgB3AVNjwe

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 13/12/2018

Big news for #Yemen! A glimmer of hope for millions of Yemenis suffering from years of deadly conflict and the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. https://t.co/V64mY1Im0o

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 13/12/2018

#Niger is now also the first African country to incorporate the #KampalaConvention, the African Union Convention for the Protection and Assistance of Internally Displaced Persons in Africa, into domestic law, adopting a national law earlier this month,

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 13/12/2018

Despite grappling with violence, insecurity and consequential internal displacement along its borders, #Niger remains a generous refugee host country hosting more than 175,000 refugees mainly from Nigeria and Mali.

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 13/12/2018

There are currently more than 156,000 internally displaced people in #Niger, who have been forced to flee mainly from Diffa, in the south-east near Nigeria, and from the western border regions, near Mali and Burkina Faso.