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When I was very young, the United States provided my family and me a place of refuge. Now, I have been nominated to be the DHS Secretary and oversee the protection of all Americans and those who flee persecution in search of a better life for themselves and their loved ones.

Sharing some thoughts on how to solve the #refugee crisis ➡️

📢 We kick of day 1️⃣ of our 12 Days of #MigrationResearch with ➡️ Lenka Dražanová & ᴀɴᴅʀᴇᴡ ɢᴇᴅᴅᴇꜱ: ‘Attitudes Towards Ukrainian Refugees & Governmental Responses in 8 European Countries.’ How do European’s feel about #Ukrainian refugees? How do they compare w #Syrian refugees?

📙 Kidnapped Future: Ukrainian Minor Refugees in Russia Migration Policy Centre Stephanie Acker blogs.eui.eu/migrationpolic…

📊 A record # of children are displaced (37 million). Yet research is significantly lacking. In this post Ramya Subrahmanian ᴀɴᴅʀᴇᴡ ɢᴇᴅᴅᴇꜱ discuss why this is & how The Robert Schuman Centre European University Institute UNICEF Innocenti International Rescue Committee - EU Politics UVA are working to change it ⬇️ bit.ly/44Lfwp7

Do refugees make even temporary homes beautiful? Does it matter? What’s the impact if a refugee camp is… prettier? My article in Refuge: Canada's Journal on Refugees explores the significance of everyday beauty in refugee's lives & its possible implications for policy. refuge.journals.yorku.ca/index.php/refu…

This 👇🏽 all of this wisdom from @drchanequa

I worked for a bit on City of Boston 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?

"(...) #beauty serves as a meaning-filled, forward-looking, empowering practice through which #refugees both honour past homes & (re)make home" 👉Stephanie Acker questions why beauty is overlooked in refugee policy and explores its potential 📌bit.ly/3PaLc1v #TuesdayTopic

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 😏

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: protectingirregularmigrants.eu

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

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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.”

🎙️ Join our seminar with Natalie Welfens (chaired by Federica Infantino) 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: bit.ly/3SywW4F.

I’ve been entirely glued 👀 to Gaza headlines so hadn’t kept up with the Italy-Albania deal Lorenzo Piccoli provides a helpful summary of its significance here (and explains why it made headlines 🪽all the way to my dad’s newspaper Los Angeles Times 🌴)

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

"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 The Conversation U.S. theconversation.com/in-the-face-of…

Devora Neumark Devora & I were published in The Conversation U.S. earlier this week. Read it here 👇🏽

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.