Tom Miles

Dad. Curious. Senior Editor at UNHCR. @refugees
Blue ticked off. Ex-@Reuters in Geneva/Moscow/Beijing/HongKong/Brussels. @UniversityLeeds & @LSEIRDept alum.

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

I'm proud and excited (I mean it, this ain't Linkedin!) to be part of the https://t.co/O5Bc7QuIEB ensemble presenting "Late Company" every night next week. Come and see it if you're in #Geneva!

Painful memories, bitter accusations and shocking secrets...
https://t.co/yyzAPuM7bx

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

LAST CHANCE TO SEE OUR PRODUCTION OF SHAKESPEARE'S MACBETH!! This Saturday and Sunday in GENEVA, three performances (yes, 3! we've added one!)
Tickets and info: https://t.co/U93R82MUUa
Venue: https://t.co/66NvOLP34t
Here's a taste of it...

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

Powerful stuff, if you have 2 minutes to spare. Sound on.

Through My Eyes https://t.co/jiwtqlz2A8 via @YouTube

[UN Special Envoy for Syria @UNEnvoySyria]

.@GeirOPedersen Families of detained, missing, & recently freed need our urgent support.. Detention sites, mass graves, & related documentation must be secured to aid families in their search for justice & accountability. https://t.co/13WgCnQdBV

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

Just came across this amazing story from 40 years ago. Three American seamen won the Nansen Award for stopping their ship during a storm to rescue refugees in a rickety boat. One of the seamen swam to rescue two refugees. https://t.co/hICFUAqyQA

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

IOC Refugee Olympic Team to represent more than 100 million displaced people at the #Olympics in #Paris2024 @Refugees
https://t.co/NusCIINP0z

[TIME @TIME]

8.5 million people have been displaced since the start of Sudan's Civil War.

Filippo Grandi, the UN High Commissioner of Refugees, reflects on what one year of war has done to Sudan. "Peace has to prevail," Grandi says. https://t.co/W7PNfOwY3z

[CERNpress @CERNpress]

“Besides his outstanding contributions to particle physics, Peter was a very special person, an immensely inspiring figure for physicists across the world, a man of rare modesty, a great teacher and someone who explained physics in a very simple and yet profound way. (1/2)

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

Probably my final reporting credit on a Reuters story. Hats off to Peter Higgs.

UK Nobel Prize-winning physicist Peter Higgs dies aged 94 https://t.co/eZefaJolPy

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

Just found out that from 16 Jan, UK citizens abroad can vote in UK elections, even if they’ve been out of the UK more than 15 years! We’re re-enfranchised!
https://t.co/dxxOP07bI9

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

Source: https://t.co/z23Kl0cXVZ

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

This is quite a cool visualization. Where are refugees in 2022, vs where were they in 2016?
Here's 2022...

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

... and 2016

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

Lots more info on refugee employment here https://t.co/6LPnljrE7a

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

Good news story here: more countries are allowing refugees to (exercise their right to) work
https://t.co/z23Kl0cXVZ

[Georg von Harrach @georgvh]

Cate Blanchett defends UN Refugee Convention and warns against offshoring migrants in speech to European Parliament.

The actor and UNHCR ambassador said the 1951 convention is "foundational to our common humanity".

[Wrath Of Gnon @wrathofgnon]

Edward Gibbon travels to Ferney just on the border to Switzerland in 1763, describes the (not so much) decline and fall of Old Man Voltaire.

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

A really lovely guy, very sad.

[Tom Miles @tgemiles]

@SebKaempf @chrisjbrown1 Seconded. Very thought-provoking, never a dull moment.