Melissa Fleming

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 04/10/2018

Witnessing Maha become a citizen today of Brazil after 30 years of being a stateless person was one of the bright highlights of my UNHCR career. https://t.co/9SQ4I8njQa

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 04/10/2018

I just witnessed how the remarkable activist @MahaMamo, moments ago a still a stateless refugee in Brazil, became a citizen. Not one dry eye in the house. Congratulations! I will be speaking to her live on my FB page at 15:00 https://t.co/NNNUPEkENg #endstateless https://t.co/eiDpxaubW4

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 04/10/2018

In a key address to UNHCR’s annual Executive Committee today, Volker Türk called for a return to a “more empathic and humane dialogue ”, focusing on human dignity, to counter the polarization of public debate around refugees. Important read!: https://t.co/T7MFyrnZNY

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 04/10/2018

Conditions in the detention centre “are inhumane, with severe overcrowding, shortages of food and other basic necessities, and no access to medical care,” according to a report by the UN mission in Libya. https://t.co/6YdYybKJW6

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 03/10/2018

When the genocide ended, she felt her life was over, but more than 20 years on and with dozens of children calling her "Mama," she says she has a reason to live. @CNNI https://t.co/vWrmvzWSHp

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 03/10/2018

This remarkable exhibit of refugee and migrant photography "stands out for what it lacks: images of suffering." https://t.co/siFlPP2s6a

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 03/10/2018

At a time when hostility towards refugees and migrants has increased in Italy, football clubs like St Ambroeus are “a precious space for integration”. https://t.co/sG1yRT4VV4

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 02/10/2018

? LIVE - I'm talking to Samira Harnish, founder of NGO @WomenWorldUT which supports thousands of women refugees to become self-reliant in the United States. She's a 2018 #NansenAward finalist! Watch here: https://t.co/eAmiR1zcfY https://t.co/l3kgw1jjz9

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 02/10/2018

We just released my interview with one of the people I admire most on this earth - @gilesduley Our conversation changed my perspective on humanity. Do listen! https://t.co/EF7lvymCKo

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

Honoring Dr. Atar, our UNHCR #NansenAward winner, Cate Blanchett said, "Hope comes with these individuals who dedicate their lives to the service of refugees & IDPs... In these people we have not just the ground force, but the beating heart & moral impulse to achieve change." https://t.co/U4Ggey4ZNz