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Official account of , the UN Refugee Agency. We save lives and protect the rights of refugees and people forced to flee.

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  1. Pinned Tweet
    Apr 9

    When it comes to coronavirus... why should you care about refugees? 🤔

    57 replies 878 retweets 1,560 likes
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  2. 32 minutes ago

    Social distancing pro tips from the . 🎉 Party for one. 🧘🏾‍♀️ Keep physically fit. 🕺🏾 All of the dancing. Oh... and care for one another. We're all in this together. ❤️

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  3. 32 minutes ago

    We are helping to support the health sector in Libya.  We recently donated an ambulance 🚑to the Zawiya branch of the Libyan Red Crescent.  This is just one way we are helping to strengthen coronavirus preparedness.  via

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  4. 2 hours ago

    Afghanistan, Pakistan and Iran need greater support to respond to the pandemic.  Global efforts to fight the coronavirus will be negatively impacted if Afghans and their host communities are left behind. Pakistan + Iran host 90% of the world’s 2.7m Afghan refugees.

    4 replies 23 retweets 52 likes
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  5. 10 hours ago

    Germany’s health authorities are appealing to medically qualified refugees and migrants to help them tackle the coronavirus.

    6 replies 58 retweets 112 likes
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  6. 10 hours ago

    𝙋𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙨𝙩, 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙤𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙨𝙩 In Afghanistan, our UNHCR colleagues are traveling to remote locations to give life-saving information to local communities on protecting themselves from .

    3 replies 29 retweets 71 likes
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  7. 11 hours ago

    Refugees can help save lives in the response to the coronavirus pandemic if given the chance.  We encourage countries around the world to bring refugee health professionals into the COVID-19 response.

    10 replies 36 retweets 76 likes
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  8. Retweeted
    16 hours ago

    OPINION: "As the Yemen war enters its sixth year, 80 percent of the population, or 24 million people, depend on humanitarian aid for survival" writes , l

    2 replies 15 retweets 20 likes
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  9. 16 hours ago

    📱Up-to-date information is one of our best defenses against coronavirus. 💬 UNHCR teams at use to step up this fight and inform + protect refugees.

    1 reply 9 retweets 33 likes
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  10. 16 hours ago

    🥘 These refugee chefs are cooking thousands of free meals to support the fight against coronavirus

    7 replies 102 retweets 283 likes
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  11. 17 hours ago

    Everyone deserves to be protected.

    2 replies 17 retweets 45 likes
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  12. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    Sterilization of the main streets in took place last night to prevent the spread of No cases have been confirmed among refugees in Jordan. We are working hard to protect the most vulnerable

    2 replies 39 retweets 111 likes
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  13. Retweeted
    20 hours ago

    Millions of Afghans are displaced in their own country or refugees in neighbouring Iran and Pakistan. They (and the communities hosting them) are made even more vulnerable by the pandemic. They must not be forgotten.

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  14. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    UNHCR appeals for Robust support to Refugee hosting countries. This is imperative to demonstrate solidarity and meaningful international burden sharing - particularly with developing countries like Pakistan which have generously hosted millions of refugees for decades!

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    My appeal to the international community, the UNSG & international financial institutions to respond positively to the dilemma confronting developing countries in the face of the COVID19 pandemic.
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  15. Retweeted
    Apr 13

    Afghanistan’s beautiful mountains stand strong as and local authorities conduct prevention awareness activities deep in the central highlands 🇦🇫

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    4 replies 35 retweets 111 likes
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  16. Retweeted
    Apr 10

    Frontline healthcare workers in the refugee settlements are courageous and caring. Supply lines of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) must be strengthened here and across Bangladesh. They deserve nothing less.

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    3 replies 82 retweets 312 likes
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  17. Apr 13

    "Every day I try to relieve the health system, giving protection to Colombian grandparents who require special attention during this emergency.” Rita may be far from home in Venezuela during the coronavirus outbreak, but she's doing what she was meant to do: help people.

    2 replies 41 retweets 156 likes
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  18. Apr 13

    Priority treatments for women with cancer. Preventive follow-ups. Saving lives. All in a day's work for Carolina, a Venezuelan who finds herself in Colombia during the time of a global pandemic.

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  19. Apr 13

    Arhab is as old as the war that has gone on in Yemen.  Last month, he and his family walked for three days through the desert to escape death.  Now they face another threat: coronavirus. 

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  20. Apr 13

    It's the house you grew up in. It's where you first tasted your mother's food. It's where your friends slept over. It's where family laughed. It's where every other memory lives. Can you imagine what it would take to pack up and leave? 11 million Syrians have left that place.

    4 replies 80 retweets 168 likes
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  21. Apr 13

    Introducing Bahati: a Rwandan refugee, a graduate nurse, and a hero.  She is currently working at Kenyatta National Hospital, Kenya on night shift as part of her medical internship, treating patients with coronavirus. Thank you, Bahati! via

    7 replies 86 retweets 339 likes
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