Australia for UNHCR

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

@Refugees Dr Burton: "This crisis heightens existing vulnerabilities... Women will be bearing a lot of the brunt of this."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

Louise Aubin @UNHCRCanberra: "What do refugees bring to communities when they are not in detention? They bring skills and support.... "We saw that with the bushfires in Australia and we're seeing it again with the COVID-19 response."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

Louise Aubin @UNHCRCanberra: "The best, most effective responses have refugee voices central to those responses. Beyond the mobilisation of communities, you have within refugees communities the skills to be part of the response."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

Cameron Rashleigh: "We're looking at refugees with backgrounds in health for community-based management of the coronavirus...which we know is the most effective and sustainable method."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

Cameron Rashleigh: "In Lebanon we have a very extensive communication with community programs. This has rolled into the COVID-19 response.

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

@Refugees Dr Burton: "UNHCR's current appeal is for $255 million dollars for the #COVID19 response." https://t.co/4gUHLGGHO4

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

Cameron Rashleigh, Head of Office, Tyre, South Lebanon: "Everybody is highly vulnerable, but there just isn't enough funding to provide support across the board. "Everyone needs cash assistance & protection & we're trying to predict needs to support the most vulnerable first."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

@NaomiCSteer: "@Refugees, as I understand it, is used to dealing with these many challenges."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

@fabienfaivre says of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) that "we're dealing with several humanitarian crises in DRC, and now we have #COVID19."

Australia for UNHCR

@UNrefugees - 29/04/2020

Ms Aubin: "Across the world we've put a pause on a number of fundamental things, including resettling because we're very concerned some refugee will be put in harm's way in transit. "The dimensions of the refugee reality means this pandemic is affecting them disproportionately.