Sharing the stories of forcibly displaced people around the world as an editor/writer with @Refugees. Also on BlueSky: @klsiegfried.bsky.social
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Misinformation, disinformation and hate speech targeting refugees is on the rise on digital platforms and increasingly linked to xenophobia, violence and even forced displacement.
Find out how UNHCR is tackling this threat:
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Without urgent funding, the learning facilities may remain closed, and an entire generation of Rohingya children risks being left behind.
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“There is perhaps no force in human history more powerful than the longing for home,” writes @lpolgreen. “Nowhere is this clearer, and more moving, than in Syria today.” nyti.ms/4dyZSlv
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An appeal to European leaders from a lifetime humanitarian: as you discuss boosting defense spending please don’t overlook humanitarian aid, which faces devastating cuts.
Aid, too, is about keeping your countries safe. Aid promotes stability. And a stable world is a safer world.
What do recent events in Syria mean for Syrian refugees?
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As dry season starts in #Sudan we are seeing a spike in numbers fleeing to #SouthSudan following fighting close to the border
Thousands are arriving - many through informal border crossing points
Once again humanitarian partners in Renk are bracing for difficult days
In Nigeria's Benue State, the #ClimateCrisis is fueling conflict and driving displacement.
Mimi Kava lost her husband and daughter, as well as her home and her livelihood to the conflict.
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A useful overview of the humanitarian and displacement crisis affecting Haiti.
🗺️ Behind the numbers are real stories. #Haiti’s 🇭🇹 multi-dimensional crisis continues to displace countless people. See how @Refugees and the international community are responding in our latest data story.
Read the full story: dataviz.unhcr.org/products/g…
It was such a pleasure to meet this amazing young woman and some of the people she's helped through her company, @peacetherapist
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Onwards and upwards for the incredible Cindy Ngamba, the first athlete to win a medal for the Refugee Olympic Team at #Paris2024
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The warning signs were there for months yet there is now confirmation of #famine in Sudan. Such a tragedy for the civilians caught in the conflict - many of them displaced several times over. This brutal war must end & humanitarians need access to deliver urgently needed aid.
🚨BREAKING: #FAMINE IN SUDAN🇸🇩
🔍The IPC's Famine Review Committee confirms #Famine in North Darfur
💥Escalating violence has limited humanitarian access & pushed households into Famine.
Read more➡️ ipcinfo.org/fileadmin/user_u…
#SudanFamine #FoodCrisis @theIPCinfo
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The war in Sudan has uprooted over 10M people, including nearly 8 million who are internally displaced (IDPs).
Now, a full-blown famine is confirmed in the Zamzam IDP camp in North Darfur and, possibly, two more camps housing internally displaced people. #KeepEyesOnSudan
PRESS RELEASE: Famine (IPC Phase 5) Confirmed in #Sudan’s Zamzam IDP Camp in Al Fasher
“Humanitarian and government actors should never wait for a confirmation of Famine (IPC Phase 5) before taking meaningful actions to save lives.” ow.ly/ESvb50SP7Le
The 37 members of Refugee Olympic Team have beaten extraordinary odds to make it to #Paris2024
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The journey, the sacrifice, the triumph!
Watch our athletes' dreams ignite as they learn they're headed to #Paris2024. We dare you to keep a dry eye! 🥹🫶
#ForThe100Million
@Refugees | @Olympics | @Paris2024
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What is missing from the European debate on smugglers? 👉 Nuance.
🎬 @BramFrouws at the 'On this journey, no one cares if you live or die' report press conference mixedmigration.org/resource/…
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With more people estimated to cross the Sahara Desert than the Mediterranean Sea, our new report with @UNmigration and @Mixed_Migration casts light on the much less documented and publicized perils facing refugees and migrants on these land routes.
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This data visualization brings to life the myriad dangers faced by refugees & migrants crossing Africa to reach shores of the Mediterranean.
Twice as many are thought to lose their lives in the desert than at sea.
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Over 600,000 Sudanese refugees have crossed into Chad to escape horrific violence in Darfur, but they are still in a desperate situation.
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