Friends of Refugees

A forum for staff, students past/present, to promote awareness of refugee issues, campaign for their rights & provide practical, humane responses to their needs

[MSF Sea @MSF_Sea]

Today @g7 leaders will meet in #Sicily. We've a message for them: if you want to stop the tragedy at sea, provide #SAFEPASSAGE! #G7taormina

[MSF Sea @MSF_Sea]

Yesterday #Prudence rescued ~1500 of the ~2300 #people rescued by NGOs and @guardiacostiera. Where are the #EU boats? Where is @Frontex?

[CNN @CNN]

“Please get us out of Aleppo. We want to live like everyone else.”: 47 orphans send heartbreaking plea to the world https://t.co/6UNLk9yjri

[Quartz @qz]

“This may be my last video.” As the Syrian army overtook Aleppo, civilians posted their goodbyes to the world online.

[Friends of Refugees @UCC_FOR]

Yazidi women who were sexually assaulted hundreds of times while kept as ISIS slaves are awarded human rights prize

https://t.co/By8Ui2n7v5

[University Express @UCCExpress]

Dealing with Refugees and Integration – Isle of Hope: A Social Innovation Start-up by UCC Students https://t.co/ARiDJnCcdJ #Features

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

Man sentenced to 18 years over people smuggling after 700 drown https://t.co/rUeYBAbF9V

[TheJournal.ie @thejournal_ie]

Assad forces close in to capture Aleppo, reports of atrocities on civilian population https://t.co/cMQZ9c7aGF

[Quartz @qz]

The slaughter of Aleppo is being recorded in real time on Twitter, by its own victims https://t.co/3nsUB1XcOf

[Antal Moni @Antal_Moni]

How to empower refugees to become self-sufficient? Mappinn needs and risks @MeghanBenton @EU_ScienceHub #PolicyLab4EU @TineVC @szczepanikova

[breakingnews.ie @breakingnewsie]

Syrian pro-government forces killing civilians in Aleppo siege says UN https://t.co/hc4tlmF8NM

[NewstalkFM @NewstalkFM]

Frances Fitzgerald has told Greek PM that full commitment to Greece will be met by the end of September https://t.co/xRvSFtf4dz

[RTÉ Player @RTEplayer]

#TheCrossing is available now to watch now: https://t.co/N8JCsnyDEL - 32 counties due to rights restrictions.

[Richard Jacob @IdahoNua]

We pretended we didn't know about #Shatila

We pretended we didn't know about #Srebrenica

We may need a new excuse for #Aleppo

[Irish Independent @Independent_ie]

Syrian army takes full control of Aleppo as residents send desperate messages pleading for their lives to be spared https://t.co/uW7QJKJtdT

[the Lemniscat @theLemniscat]

12 Dec
What western media won't show you:
How Syria's army & allies are helping civilians leave eastern Aleppo https://t.co/D8NNQdgDjF

[Peter Bouckaert @bouckap]

Sat imagery and witnesses are clear: military responsible for #Rohingya village arson in Rakhine State, #Burma. https://t.co/IFtPMNLz1v

[Peter Bouckaert @bouckap]

“I saw the army setting fire to the village,” #Rohingya witness from #Burma says and sat images confirm. https://t.co/IFtPMNLz1v

[SOAS Students' Union @soassu]

Emergency protest today for Aleppo outside Downing Street.

[Irish Independent @Independent_ie]

Irish navy hero resuscitated a six-month-old baby girl twice during Mediterranean rescue
https://t.co/sI1CernqPa