UNHCR Ireland

UNHCR Ireland

@UNHCRIreland - 21/02/2020

RT @pippa_hackett: I had a wonderful time in the company of a group of fantastic Syrian, Afghan, & Irish women in Tullamore. The Refugee Re…

UNHCR Ireland

@UNHCRIreland - 20/02/2020

Daily life for the thousands of asylum-seekers in Moria: - no running water - hours queuing for food - toilet shortages - overstretched and under resourced medical care -overcrowding UNHCR calls on Greece to address the precarious conditions in Moria. https://t.co/S8mSktoKrm

UNHCR Ireland

@UNHCRIreland - 20/02/2020

This week, a group of 76 Ethiopian refugees have voluntarily returned home from Kenya’s Kakuma camp today. This is part of a growing trend of thousands of Ethiopian refugees in the region who are choosing to return, following recent developments. https://t.co/pLG31CudBa

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@UNHCRIreland - 20/02/2020

RT @FilippoGrandi: Idlib: “Thousands of innocent people cannot pay the price of a divided international community, whose inability to find…

UNHCR Ireland

@UNHCRIreland - 20/02/2020

In response to the displacement of nearly 1 million people in Syria in recent months, UNHCR is calling for: - an end to the fighting - urgent action to allow people to move to places of safety - neighbouring countries to accept more displaced persons https://t.co/vl5H9m0Iqx

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@UNHCRIreland - 19/02/2020

Before fleeing the war in Syria in 2015 aged 17, Majed had always dreamed of working with big machines. Now he is living that dream, as he completes an intensive engineering apprenticeship in one of Europe's biggest ports in Hamburg. https://t.co/hGbp5Wq6wm

UNHCR Ireland

@UNHCRIreland - 19/02/2020

Over the last 40 years, millions of Afghans have been driven out of their homes and their country by conflict, violence and poverty. In 2019, there were 2.3 million Afghan refugees in Pakistan (1.4 million) and Iran (950,000). The latest report 👇 https://t.co/5HJYQciMMU https://t.co/lfy3CqpQYK

UNHCR Ireland

@UNHCRIreland - 19/02/2020

UNHCR is deeply saddened by the reports of the deaths of at least 20 people, during a stampede for food and cash in Niger’s Diffa region on Sunday. The assistance was being distributed by visiting Nigerian authorities for Nigerian refugees hosted there. https://t.co/pirDqwPF9T

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@UNHCRIreland - 19/02/2020

RT @IrishRefugeeCo: Congratulations to @MaynoothUni on today's award of @POSIrl University of Sanctuary status. Our Education Officer,…

UNHCR Ireland

@UNHCRIreland - 18/02/2020

Nadia was born a refugee. Her parents fled Afghanistan 40 years ago, and the family have lived in Pakistan ever since. Now 17, Nadia dreams of becoming a doctor and returning home to Afghanistan. https://t.co/NIxjCLnKBK