Charlie Yaxley

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

@ALAmaare206 @KellyTClements @MelissaFleming @matteodebellis Really sorry for your situation Mohamad. I’m sending you a direct message

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

Much of the focus on the victims of shipwrecks comes and goes with the news cycle. But for many families, they're left traumatised and without closure, not knowing whether their relatives are dead or alive https://t.co/ddPMdocBUt

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

Powerful words from @YusraMardini “The memory of the sea journey will remain with me always.” https://t.co/yyBk3oQEnC

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

Hundreds of refugees report being beaten or sent back at European borders. Reports of push-back especially in Croatia + Serbia. Seeking asylum is a right. That involves giving people access to territory https://t.co/DL0NZkw8I9

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

Many CHILDREN face horrific abuses on desperate journeys to safety, inc detention+torture A @wrcommission report found kids suffer sexual violence+exploitation on way to+in Libya +upon arrival in Europe. More must be done to protect these innocent lives https://t.co/BKYYphVUdU

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

As of August, 1,600 CHILDREN were being held in Libyan detention centres. This is not ok. This cannot be ignored. The detention centres must be closed and ALL detainees released https://t.co/BKYYphVUdU https://t.co/1ogmJceFaI

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

?WORRYING ? In 2019 58% who tried to leave Libya by boat were intercepted by Libyan Coast Guard+returned to Libya. Vast majority taken to detention. Libya is no safe place for refugees. We need States to help us evacuate the most vulnerable urgently https://t.co/BKYYphVUdU

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

High arrivals in Greece has overwhelmed its reception capacity. Overcrowded conditions have created dire hygiene conditions, fire hazard, rising tensions+risks of sexual violence. UNHCR has called for rapid transfers off the island to the mainland https://t.co/DL0NZkw8I9

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

A lot of focus is on central Med route from Libya to Italy/Malta because of high number of deaths at sea But Greece has received 5 times as many arrivals so far this year Both issues require solutions. Both are simply a Q of political will. https://t.co/BKYYphVUdU

Charlie Yaxley

@yaxle - 14/10/2019

Fewer numbers of people are arriving in Europe by crossing the Mediterranean Sea. But deaths remain high. More than 1,000 in 2019. Some 19,000 since 2014. Increased search and rescue capacity and a regional approach to disembarkation urgently needed https://t.co/DL0NZkw8I9