Stephanie Acker

talks about #migration #refugees #beauty • obsessed w. logistics; also coffee • comms & policy for @mpc_eui & #PRIMEprojectEU tweets are my own

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

Do I think governments should do more to ensure refugee and migrants' protection? Yes. But I do also deeply believe in whole of society approach. And that's why Im proud to work for an organisation that doing its part to help create a world where migration is safe.

[Migration Policy Centre @MPC_EUI]

On #InternationalMigrantsDay we're announcing 📣 our pledges to help advance the goals of the #GlobalCompactonRefugees & improve protection for other categories of migrants.

➡️ Here's what we're going to do over the next 4 years: https://t.co/fXiOxmwJ7r

@eui_eu @eui_schuman

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

@AndrewPGeddes In the DC govt buildings are called concrete chic. Definitely gives this a run for its money.

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

Devora Neumark @inbeautywewalk & I were published in @ConversationUS earlier this week. Read it here 👇🏽

[The Conversation U.S. @ConversationUS]

In the face of death, destruction and displacement, beauty plays a vital role in Gaza https://t.co/7JndqkhAJw

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

"The endless images of bombs and blood hide the story of the life, color and creativity that existed in #Gaza ...
Beauty is often viewed as a luxury. But this isn’t the case. It’s the opposite."

New article in the @ConversationUS
https://t.co/BFdw1kZydb

[Abdalhadi Alijla عبد الهادي العجلة @alijla2021]

THREAD 🧵Did you know that Gaza is home to hundreds of artists, both men and women? It is literally the city with the highest number of artists relative to its population. In this thread, I will introduce you to dozens of them. These Gazans are unbreakable, sensitive, and amazing people - true embodiments of resilience.

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

I’ve been entirely glued 👀 to Gaza headlines so hadn’t kept up with the Italy-Albania deal

@piccoli_lo provides a helpful summary of its significance here (and explains why it made headlines 🪽all the way to my dad’s newspaper @latimes 🌴)

[Lorenzo Piccoli @piccoli_lo]

I sat down for an interview with @EuronewsAlbania last week discussing some of the implications of the recent Memorandum of Understanding between Italy and Albania 🇮🇹🇦🇱 in the field of migration.

https://t.co/uHZlpOuecc

[Migration Policy Centre @MPC_EUI]

🎙️ Join our seminar with @NWelfens (chaired by @Infantinofed) that will explore the notion of ‘promising victimhood’ as a fruitful concept to capture the contrasting demands #refugees face.
🗓️ 15 November 2023.
⏰ 11.00 - 12.00 CET.
🔗 Register: https://t.co/1hX5KPEZBD.

[Jeff Crisp @JFCrisp]

Geneva Convention.
"The occupying power has the duty to ensure that the adequate provision of food & medical supplies is provided, as well as clothing, bedding, means of shelter, other supplies essential to the survival of the civilian population of the occupied territory.”

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

The whole whole whole
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[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

Major improvements in Italy’s immigration administration: Windows have been fixed so that no pigeons can fly in. A guard triaged the 200 person line. The bathrooms are open. #reportinglive from hour 3 at the #questura

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

It was so lovely to meet IN PERSON with all of these amazing & smart people working on the #PRIMEprojectEU There will be such important findings on irregular migrants in Europe that emerge from this research collaborative. Make sure to stay tuned: https://t.co/lFTworppJA

[Migration Policy Centre @MPC_EUI]

☀️ The final day of the consortium meeting for the #PRIMEprojectEU has begun! Today's discussion will centre on subjects including #mobility, #reliance, #attitudes, and some other topics related to the protecting #irregularmigrants in Europe.

@CMR_Warsaw @PFZagreb @Mixed_Migration @MiMoBristol @UU_PoliSci @EUI_Schuman @EUI_EU

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

Excited to be a part of this research team working to improve conditions of irregular migrants in Europe. Sign up for our newsletter (on the website) and you’ll get to hear from me 😏

[Migration Policy Centre @MPC_EUI]

Our new @HorizonEU research #PRIMEprojectEU analyses the conditions & politics of #irregularmigrants in Europe.

Its NEW website is now live 🙌
Visit it here👇
https://t.co/rUkAS43S2C

@CMR_Warsaw @PFZagreb @Mixed_Migration @MiMoBristol @UU_PoliSci @EUI_Schuman @EUI_EU

[The Robert Schuman Centre @EUI_Schuman]

"(...) #beauty serves as a meaning-filled, forward-looking, empowering practice through which #refugees both honour past homes & (re)make home"

👉@StephAcker questions why beauty is overlooked in refugee policy and explores its potential

📌https://t.co/Qur1Dv8HtY

#TuesdayTopic

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

@PowerUSAID @OyunerdeneMN @USAID HKS representation at its finest

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

I worked for a bit on @CityOfBoston efforts to end homelessness. You know what has found to be shockingly effective there & elsewhere in moving people to permanent housing: A LIST (of every single person in need)

Call me crazy but could we get one of those for resettlement?

[Jeff Crisp @JFCrisp]

I still don't understand how UNHCR comes up with this figure!
Why, for example, aren't the one million Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh included?
(And don't tell me because they will soon be repatriating).

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

@JFCrisp It’s a safe space; you can admit if deep down you do in fact want glow in the dark crocs 😏

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

This 👇🏽 all of this wisdom from @drchanequa

[Stephanie Acker @StephAcker]

Do refugees make even temporary homes beautiful? Does it matter? What’s the impact if a refugee camp is… prettier? My article in @RefugeJournal explores the significance of everyday beauty in refugee's lives & its possible implications for policy.

https://t.co/gjVgCw4qhK

[Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees @RefugeJournal]

Stephanie Acker (@StephAcker) illustrates the significance of everyday beauty in refugees’ lives and its implications for refugee policy. Read the #OpenAccess article here: https://t.co/PHLRakZqjT

[Migration Policy Centre @MPC_EUI]

📊 A record # of children are displaced (37 million). Yet research is significantly lacking.

In this post @ramyainnocenti @AndrewPGeddes
discuss why this is & how @EUI_Schuman
@EUI_EU @UNICEFInnocenti @RESCUE_EU @PoliticsUVA are working to change it
⬇️
https://t.co/LpBgcJvlyO

[ICMPD Policy & Research @ICMPD_PolRes]

📙 Kidnapped Future: Ukrainian Minor Refugees in Russia @MPC_EUI @StephAcker

https://t.co/DhqtAstX5z