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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Nov 6

    Our thanked Prime Minister for being a global champion keeping 🇨🇦

    21 replies 153 retweets 280 likes
  2. 1 hour ago

    In Bangladesh, a revealing family counting exercise shows that one-third of Rohingya refugee families are vulnerable

    2 replies 22 retweets 18 likes
  3. Retweeted
    6 hours ago

    America took him in as a refugee. Now has been elected mayor by the people of Helena, Montana. That is called giving back. And that is the power for good of the US refugee resettlement program.

    , and
    1 reply 39 retweets 49 likes
  4. 3 hours ago

    Children make up 54% of the total population of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh:

    2 replies 68 retweets 53 likes
  5. 4 hours ago

    Our shared with our hope for Canada to “continue to be a global leader for refugees”

    5 replies 12 retweets 48 likes
  6. 5 hours ago

    Without the restoration of peace + security, it would be impossible for refugees + displaced persons to return home

    13 replies 77 retweets 54 likes
  7. Retweeted
    Nov 7

    . recognizes the great work done by and civil society volunteers in in registration for protection

    7 retweets 16 likes
  8. Retweeted
    Nov 7

    Engaging & heartwarming spirit shown by these indigenous asylum seekers at Pintolândia shelter despite demanding conditions.

    2 replies 17 retweets 32 likes
  9. 9 hours ago

    As our Campaign to End Statelessness enters its third year - read our latest report

    2 replies 18 retweets 24 likes
  10. 9 hours ago
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    If you read it + were moved by the story, support Melissa + Doaa in the Goodreads Choice Awards for 2017. Vote here

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    4 replies 13 retweets 14 likes
  11. 9 hours ago
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    Our wrote it to highlight refugees' journeys and plight, hoping to build a bridge of empathy .

    2 replies 5 retweets 13 likes
  12. 9 hours ago

    'A Hope More Powerful Than The Sea' is a book chronicling the extraordinary bravery of Syrian refugee Doaa Al Zamel

    5 replies 34 retweets 71 likes
  13. 10 hours ago

    Canadians have opened their hearts and homes to refugees. 🇨🇦

    10 replies 93 retweets 175 likes
  14. 11 hours ago

    The Makonde are highlighted in our new stateless minorities report, marking 's 3rd anniversary

    2 replies 22 retweets 33 likes
  15. Retweeted
    Nov 7

    Imagine you are forced to walk for 7KM carrying your children and belongings. Newly arrived in

    3 replies 28 retweets 29 likes
  16. 13 hours ago

    is a threat multiplier, and may intensify conflict over depleted resources.

    5 replies 106 retweets 108 likes
  17. Retweeted
    Nov 7

    Following closure of Yemen's sea & airports, the calls on all parties to allow & facilitate humanitarian access to all people in need.

    Humanitarian workers have reached more than 7 million people with direct food assistance this year, but progress to avert famine is threatened if humanitarians are unable to deliver aid.
    6 replies 139 retweets 120 likes
  18. Retweeted
    Nov 7

    I perceived only amazing resilience in these indigenous women at Pintolândia shelter . Special needs call 4 special solutions

    1 reply 9 retweets 23 likes
  19. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    On typhoon Haiyan's 4th anniversary, we remember the numbers: 14 million affected and 4.1 million displaced.

    13 retweets 18 likes
  20. 15 hours ago

    This information will be useful for humanitarian partners in their planning + interventions for Rohingya refugees

    37 retweets 48 likes
  21. 17 hours ago

    So far, more than half a million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar have been counted.

    5 replies 107 retweets 106 likes

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