MarcusSkinner

Policy Adviser @IRCEurope
#RefugeesWelcome
Views my own.

[David Miliband @DMiliband]

When it comes to preventing famine, we have more than enough analysis. What we need is action.

Today I spoke to the #UNSC to call for action to help the 375,000 people facing famine-like conditions at the end of last year and the 35 million on the brink: https://t.co/C2O2HW7HKj

[David Miliband @DMiliband]

Good to have been invited by @SecBlinken to brief the UN Security Council today. This morning we addressed the need for bigger, bolder solutions to tackling food insecurity and how the international community can support the over 35 million people on the brink of famine. #UNSC

[International Rescue Committee - EU @RESCUE_EU]

Economic catastrophe has left 28.3 million Afghans in need of humanitarian aid.

Almost the entire population - 97% - is at risk of poverty, with women and girls suffering disproportionately.

Read more in the IRC’s 2023 Emergency Watchlist: https://t.co/CTxRuQ15ZF #Afghanistan

[International Rescue Committee - UK @RESCUE_UK]

BREAKING: Today, we released our annual Emergency Watchlist, highlighting the 20 countries most at risk of deteriorating humanitarian crises in 2023.

See which countries are most at risk—and what the international community can do to help: https://t.co/hBRnUNaefp

[Anastasia Moran @AnastasiaSMoran]

.@RESCUEorg urges US to adopt a global GL, "moving forward proactively to provide humanitarian exemptions for future sanctions rather than responding after the fact to each crisis with a different license"

[Sweden in Ethiopia & AU @SweinEthiopia]

🇸🇪 traveled to East Hararghe with @RESCUEorg to better understand the risks & needs of affected populations with a focus on the protection response.
Drought-affected communities are suffering from displacement, lack of food, water, loss of livelihood & increased risk of GBV.

[David Miliband @DMiliband]

What #RefugeesWelcome is all about: here are 4 players currently in the World Cup who once had to flee war and conflict before beginning their careers. https://t.co/DzpoFPPhTT

[MarcusSkinner @MSkinnerPolicy]

IRC staff member killed delivering life saving aid in Ethiopia https://t.co/whrQM2NeNV via @RescueOrg

[MarcusSkinner @MSkinnerPolicy]

Are you aware of the crisis that's happening right now?

Watch and share @RESCUE_UK's video to wake the world up. 🚨 https://t.co/Ha4JgFBts6

[International Rescue Committee - UK @RESCUE_UK]

“It’s shocking” - the UK public react to startling facts from the drought.

The IRC took a film crew to Margate to see how much the public were aware of the devastating crisis that is unfolding.

Watch to see how they reacted 👇

Share now and learn more: https://t.co/hc9HrbXq0j

[MarcusSkinner @MSkinnerPolicy]

IRC responds to adoption of UN Security Council Syria Cross-Border Aid Resolution https://t.co/5s47kPB7hd via @RESCUEorg

[Vicki Aken @vjaken]

Congrats to @RESCUEorg #Afghanistan Dep. Director Zuhra Wardak for this year's @InterActionOrg Humanitarian Award! Her leadership & courage in serving the #Afghan people, especially women, despite all the challenges is inspirational. I am honored and proud to work alongside her.

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

“Afghanistan is currently in the midst of a horrific economic crisis and a worsening humanitarian crisis, even before this earthquake took place.”

The people of Afghanistan need help. Here’s how the earthquake stands to worsen conditions in the country: https://t.co/dCVh28dm9u

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

Update from #Afghanistan ↓

IRC staff are loading trucks to send supplies urgently to areas impacted by the earthquake. The 24-hour journey is extremely challenging. The affected areas are remote. Roads are damaged and slippery from heavy rains.

[MarcusSkinner @MSkinnerPolicy]

IRC launches emergency response in Khost province in Afghanistan, where deadly earthquake has left thousands displaced https://t.co/6XQ7nnxPKk via @RESCUEorg

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

BREAKING: 32 NGO leaders including @DMiliband are calling on the UN Security Council to renew a resolution for another 12 months ​​that’s provided a lifeline for Syrian families struggling to survive.

Read their open letter: https://t.co/DR8gcAebno

[International Rescue Committee - UK @RESCUE_UK]

The irony is that if @paddingtonbear was set in the UK today, the Government could deport him to #Rwanda.

Refugees should be welcomed, not sent to a country miles away.

#PlatinumJubilee #RefugeesWelcome

[Vicki Aken @vjaken]

Thread:
The crisis in #Afghanistan is evolving into a catastrophe of choice as the policies of intl donors designed to economically isolate the #Taliban are simultaneously collapsing the Afghan economy & pushing nearly 20 million Afghans into a state of acute food insecurity.

[MarcusSkinner @MSkinnerPolicy]

UK plan to label Houthis as terrorists risks disaster in Yemen, aid bodies warn https://t.co/MtNSkvLcOT

[MarcusSkinner @MSkinnerPolicy]

IRC reaction to the 2022 Yemen Pledging Conference https://t.co/WmKVlO3Tfm via @RESCUE_UK

[IRC - International Rescue Committee @RESCUEorg]

There will be far-reaching humanitarian implications across Europe and the globe, destabilizing the continent, straining resources of Ukraine’s neighbors, and impacting food supply for countries like Yemen, Libya and Lebanon - already facing acute levels of food insecurity.