Shabia Mantoo

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 23/03/2021

At least 15 people have been killed in the tragic Cox’s Bazar refugee camp fire, while 400 remain missing. Reports received of 560 injured and 45,000 displaced - UNHCR’s Representative in Bangladesh @JohannesKlaauw briefs UN geneva press this morning https://t.co/XBfJJdw0Wr

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 22/03/2021

RT @UNHCR_BGD: A fire has broken out in the #Rohingya camps. Fire services, RRRC, rescue & response teams are at the scene trying to cont…

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 21/03/2021

Tasked with finding homes for displaced survivors, the UN’s Refugee Agency came into being and ever since, it continues to respond to conflicts and displacement crises. For which many are the result of racism, ethnic cleansing, persecution and discrimination.

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 21/03/2021

Today’s system of international refugee protection was actually born out of the Holocaust - one of the most gravest manifestations of the evil that is racism. https://t.co/8vuMd77t3P

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 21/03/2021

Racism kills, it takes lives, denies rights, it relegates people and communities. It is inter-generational. It - as we know, working for a global refugee agency - also forces millions of people to flee their homes.

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 19/03/2021

Wishing a happy #nowruz / spring equinox for all celebrating. Let us hope that the arrival of spring will usher in healing and renewal. https://t.co/WSkond0AcJ

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 19/03/2021

Here’s why you need to know what is happening in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique: https://t.co/t11szWB2CB

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 18/03/2021

RT @UNHCRUK: UNHCR is very concerned by reports UK may externalize asylum-seeker processing/reception to less resourced states with weaker…

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 15/03/2021

RT @UNHCRLebanon: 10 years on, millions of Syrians still need urgent help. We cannot look away now. #Syria10 https://t.co/TgGpRvzcJu

Shabia Mantoo

@Shabia_M - 14/03/2021

This time last year when the COVID pandemic hit. In one year we’ve gone from hoarding food to hoarding vaccines. https://t.co/Jia6z2pIaH