We are hiring 📣📣📣
UNHCR Irl 🇮🇪🇮🇪 is recruiting a Senior Programme Associate to manage a key project from our Dublin office.
Find out more and apply via our UNHCR careers page ⬇️
The deadline for applications is Oct 27th
Nasc &
@UNHCRIreland
are proud to lead the development of the EU-Passworld programme, offering safe & legal routes for refugee scholars!
🗞️Update below on 5 students beginning a Masters with this groundbreaking scholarship.
@uniofgalway
@UCC
@ucddublin
Team Ireland doing us proud at the
#UnityEuroCup
in Switzerland today 🇮🇪🇮🇪⚽️⚽️
Great efforts & wins over Netherlands, Italy & Switzerland but defeat to Finland (yes, Finland 🫣) meant it wasn’t enough to see them through.
Go Team Ireland - Out but not down!
@FAIreland
@UEFA
🏆 16 refugee teams will compete for the 2024 UNITY EURO CUP next week!
🤝 The tournament will be hosted by UEFA and
@Refugees
, showcasing the power of football to strengthen ties between host communities and displaced people: ⬇️
#UnityEUROcup
#Sustainablefootball
Shelling. Destruction. Unimaginable horrors.
What Wahiba witnessed worsened by the minute as she fled the escalating conflict in Lebanon.
Thousands of families face the same heartbreaking reality. They need urgent support.
Please donate if you can:
We are deeply saddened by reports of this latest tragedy at sea off the coast of El Hierro, in which dozens of refugees and migrants have lost their lives
Making sure that asylum seekers, in particular youths & unaccompanied minors, know their rights when they come to Europe is a priority for
@UNHCRIreland
.
Count on Diane to engage with communities on what they are entitled to as they seek refuge in Ireland.
We extend our congratulations to
@dubravkasuica
for her nomination as 🇪🇺 Commissioner for the Mediterranean.
Ahead of your European Parliament hearings, here are UNHCR's recommendations for an EU that prioritizes protection + solutions for displaced communities.
🚨 Lebanon is facing devastation as Israeli airstrikes continue.
More than 100,000 people have crossed into Syria so far. We're scaling up support for families and individuals in need. Stay informed and join us in helping those affected.
To urgently meet the needs of hundreds of thousands of displaced people in Lebanon, including those who have crossed the Syrian border, and in coordination with the Lebanese government, the
@UN
is appealing for US$425 million in contributions, of which US$83 million for UNHCR.
More than 50,000 Lebanese and Syrians living in Lebanon have now crossed into Syria fleeing Israeli airstrikes. Well over 200,000 are displaced inside Lebanon.
Relief operations are underway, including by UNHCR, to help all those in need, in coordination with both governments.
Well over 30,000 Syrians and Lebanese have crossed into Syria in the past 72 hours. Emergencies are about responding swiftly to the basic needs of large crowds of people. But they are also, just as importantly, about those small, quiet moments of humanity and care. UNHCR staff
Meet
@adharanand
who just finished running the perimeter of Ireland, 2265k over the last 68 days 🤯, with the
@SanctuaryRunner
gang in tow (and me on a bike don’t judge..). What a machine 🔥
Thousands of Lebanese and Syrian families are fleeing Lebanon for Syria in desperation, as Israeli airstrikes continue to devastate civilian lives.
We are scaling up our support to the growing number of displaced people.
More ⬇️
We are outraged and deeply saddened by the killing of two beloved members of the UNHCR family and extend our deepest sympathies to their families.
The protection of civilians is a must, in line with obligations under international humanitarian law.
Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon are now relentlessly claiming hundreds of civilian lives.
And I am very saddened to confirm that two UNHCR colleagues were also killed yesterday.
On behalf of all us at UNHCR, heartfelt condolences to their families, friends and colleagues.
Warm meeting w/ UN High Commissioner for Refugees
@FilippoGrandi
today
Pleased to announce €2m in funding to support UNHCR’s vital work in Lebanon & Sudan, in addition to €24m already allocated
Thanked him for his colleagues commitment & dedication to helping those in need
🔴 Flood response
UNHCR is sending folding beds, mattresses & hygiene kits to Dolnośląskie Voivodship, to support the Government-led response.
This will benefit 500 families, locals and refugees alike, displaced by the massive floods.
Submissions for this year's Mental Health Media Awards will close this Sunday 22nd September!
If you're a journalist, producer, or editor who has commissioned mental health stories in the last year, consider entering.
Enter here:
#MHMA2024