Matt Saltmarsh
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Head of News & Media for UN Refugee Agency @refugees @refugeesmedia 🇺🇳 #UNHCR ex @nytimes
Geneva
Joined December 2010
RT @FilippoGrandi: I am in Lebanon, heading to Syria for #WorldRefugeeDay. Over two million Syrian refugees and displaced have returned h….
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RT @RefugeesMedia: #BREAKING: 122.1 MILLION PEOPLE ARE FORCIBLY DISPLACED IN THE WORLD TODAY . Source: UN Refugee Agency Global Trends Repo….
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According to UNHCR’s annual Global Trends report released today, there were 122.1 million forcibly displaced people by the end of April 2025.
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RT @RefugeesMedia: Statement from @FilippoGrandi on @refugees brutal funding cuts:. This is not just a shortfall – it is a crisis of respon….
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Brutal funding cuts in the humanitarian sector are putting millions of lives at risk. The consequences for people fleeing danger will be immediate and devastating, UNHCR’s Filippo Grandi says of the...
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RT @UNLazzarini: #Gaza: Awful scenes of civilians killed among them children following waves of heavy bombardment from Israeli Forces overn….
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RT @WHO: There's a lot of misinformation out there about WHO's funding, so let's clear things up!. Stay informed, stay curious, and stay wi….
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RT @FilippoGrandi: An appeal to European leaders from a lifetime humanitarian: as you discuss boosting defense spending please don’t overlo….
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RT @RefugeesMedia: "Eastern DRC remains one of the world's humanitarian crises. Near the frontlines, sexual violence + human rights abuses….
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RT @YousraElbagir: M23 has captured Goma - there is a tentative calm with sporadic sounds of gunfire. Unsure what will happen next. M23 is….
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UN and partners appeal today for $3.32 bn in 2025 to support humanitarian and refugee response for #Ukraine 🇺🇦. 'We must continue to sustain the hope'.
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KYIV – As the full-scale war in Ukraine approaches its fourth year, the United Nations and partners today launch twin humanitarian and refugee response plans for 2025, appealing for US$3.32 billion...
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RT @UNGeneva: Call for nominations for UN #MandelaPrize now open! . This prize aims to recognize the achievements of two individuals who ha….
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From Sudan to Syria, via the DRC: A year of displacement around the world @Refugees pictures via @elpais_inter . via @el_pais.
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Acnur, la Agencia de la ONU para los refugiados, hace balance a través de imágenes de este 2024, un año en el que los nuevos conflictos, la agudización de las crisis y los desastres provocados por la...
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New @refugees report for #COP29Baku lays bare #ClimateAction challenge for those displaced. By 2040 countries facing extreme climate-related hazards set to rise from 3 to 65 - the vast majority host displaced people.
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RT @UN_News_Centre: The humanitarian situation in Lebanon has surpassed the devastation wrought by the war with Israel in 2006, UN agencies….
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The humanitarian situation in Lebanon has surpassed the devastation wrought by the war with Israel in 2006, UN agencies said on Saturday, publishing the latest updates from the ground amid calls for...
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RT @EmmaBatha: Excellent piece by the actress Cate Blanchett and UNHCR chief @FilippoGrandi on hidden crisis of #statelessness - Imagine di….
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Stateless people live in fear of abuse, arrest, and even expulsion from only home they know
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RT @RefugeesMedia: LIVE: international community convenes for annual UN Refugee Agency Executive Committee meeting which commences in Genev….
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75th Session of UNHCR Executive Committee - At its annual session, the Executive Committee (ExCom) reviews the work of the Standing Committee of the preceding year and establishes its programme of...
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RT @BeckyCNN: The UN's refugee chief @FilippoGrandi tells me of "the terrible, sad, tragic irony” of people fleeing back into Syria from Le….
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RT @RefugeesMedia: UNHCR's @FilippoGrandi calls from #Syria for greater support to those fleeing conflict in #Lebanon & launches an appeal….
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The UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Filippo Grandi, concluded an urgent visit to Syria on Tuesday 8 October to mobilize support for 250,000 people who have fled the airstrikes in Lebanon and...
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New: UN appeals for $425 m to deliver life-saving assistance to 1m Lebanese, Syrians, Palestine refugees in Lebanon, Palestinian refugees from Syria, and migrants.
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RT @SkyNews: 'Over 120,000 people have been displaced. A number of people are out in the streets sleeping.'. Head of news and media for UN….
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