Melissa Fleming

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

"We need peace - a true peace that comes out of the heart, accompanied by justice & equality." - Dr. Atar, winner, #NansenAward https://t.co/L77qo1waKj

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

Relentless conflict” in South Sudan pushed 6.1 million people – nearly 60% of the population – into extreme hunger in July and August. Only the large-scale delivery of aid prevented an even more devastating outcome. - @WFP @UNICEF @FAO https://t.co/4EvgYvw2BM via @reliefweb

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

@KGeorgieva delivering a powerful speech on how the @WorldBank is helping refugees by financially supporting their hosts, including middle-income countries, by "following the people in need." https://t.co/fDfK7e79ER

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

You can read our story and the full speech here!: https://t.co/ZjpxcQZyNE https://t.co/5RloBQKxVO

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

The private sector is also playing a prominent role, along with faith groups, sport organisations, & cities. There has been important progress on financial inclusion, as the financial sector increasingly recognises that refugees offer a viable market for services." #WithRefugees

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

"I wish to acknowledge the many States which have taken humane and sometimes courageous decisions to review their laws and policies, reinforce refugee rights, expand access to national programmes, labour markets and social protection systems.

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

: of including refugees in national systems, and the societies and economies of their host countries, for the time that it is necessary; and enabling them to contribute to their new communities and secure their own futures, pending a solution to their plight."

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

"Too often, we see sobering examples of refugees and asylum seekers being excluded and pushed away... -@RefugeesChief https://t.co/fZIsnBI2Js

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

Sometimes these have overshadowed a quieter, yet profound transformation – in which decades of keeping refugees apart, consigned to camps, or on the margins of society, are giving way to a fundamentally different approach." - @RefugeesChief https://t.co/h26eUklcA2

Melissa Fleming

@melissarfleming - 01/10/2018

Pushing people away cannot be the answer - and negotiating disembarkation boat by boat, even when successful, is not a good option. Together with IOM, we have offered a concrete, practical proposal for a regional disembarkation arrangement.