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Jeff Crisp

@jfcrisp

Tweeting on refugees, asylum, migration & borders. Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford. Former Head, Policy Development & Evaluation Service, UNHCR.

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New: With 2 million Gazans on the brink of famine, the US and Israel have backed a new scheme, the Gaza Humanitarian Fund set to launch Monday. But internal documents obtained by WaPo show its planners anticipated back in November that the project would be a tough sell...🧵

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Begging the question as to whether, given acute funding shortfalls, UNHCR should prioritize refugee situations and allow other agencies to take a lead on internal displacement and disaster victims.

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Has anyone noticed how the BBC's coverage of Gaza has become markedly more critical of Israel & sympathetic to the Palestinians since the UK government changed its tune on the issue. What a coincidence!

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"Failed asylum seekers" and "foreign criminals" are two entirely separate categories. But Simon Jones of the BBC follows the misleading government line by lumping them together. Ignorance or an agenda being pushed?

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And why are they trapped? Because the UN and its member states have never once acknowledged that Palestinians in Gaza should be able to exercise the supposedly universal right to seek asylum. against-inhumanity.org/2024/04/16/pal…

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Another thing that links Israel & Russia. They have both displaced millions of people, despite being members of UNHCR's Executive Committee. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…