The words #refugee and #migrant are not interchangeable. Here the UNHCR describes the difference and why it matters http://www.unhcr.org/55df0e556.html 

Find out the crucial legal difference between a #refugee and #migrant: http://owl.li/RvDTx 

 Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

After demolition, #Israel Adm left 127 men, women&children at mercy of August sun. http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/twilight-zone/.premium-1.673301 … @haaretzcom

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 Judy Dempsey ‏@Judy_Dempsey  

Good and pragmatic leader in #Economist on #Europe’s #refugees influx http://econ.st/1EnthvW 

Flüchtlinge beziehen Caritas Quartier im Stift Rein in der Steiermark. http://fb.me/1T3ogQ52O 

Austrian Minister @Mikl_Leitner says Europe needs to find safe ways for refugees to seek protection

#Refugees #migrants #Mediterranean Sea crossings exceed 300,000, including 200,000 to #Greece. says #UNHCR @Refugees http://www.unhcr.org/55e033816.html 

Desperate #refugees #migrants & #Europe’s shame. Looking back at a depressing & deadly week. http://www.theguardian.com/world/ng-interactive/2015/aug/28/a-week-in-europes-migrant-crisis-a-visual-guide?CMP=twt_gu …

Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

#Passau has emerged as „the German #Lampedusa“ for #refugees #migrants. By @ConnollyBerlin http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/28/refugee-politics-passau-german-west-balkan …

No @worldbank development approach to #Uzbekistan can be serious if it ignores forced labor, civil society crackdown http://www.hrw.org/news/2015/08/27/world-bank-group-systematic-country-diagnostic-uzbekistan …

We can address migrant crisis if we act together – my interview at CNN’s @camanpour, conducted by Trevor Phillips http://edition.cnn.com/videos/tv/2015/08/25/intv-amanpour-trevor-phillips-timmermans-migrants.cnn/video/playlists/amanpour/ …

FM #Steinmeier: Never before we have received so many #refugees in #Germany, but also never before have we seen so much readiness to help.

Deine Meinung interessiert uns: möchtest du von Apfelschule.ch nur Infos, die fûr Blinde Smartphone- und… http://fb.me/44jdXwI5O 

Norbert Moser ‏@NorbertMoser2  

Deine Meinung interessiert uns und ist wichtig! Nimm an der Kurzumfrage hier https://www.umfrageonline.ch/s/8be1ff3  http://fb.me/7qLAqqXNm 

 Jeffrey Goldberg ‏@JeffreyGoldberg  

The bond between U.S. and Israel „grows out of family ties, and bonds that stretch back generations and shared values and commitments…“

Golnaz Esfandiari ‏@GEsfandiari  3m3 minutes ago

Obama: We are not normalizing relations with #Iran here. #Irandeal

Obama: We don’t trust #Iran, it is antagonistic to U.S., it is anti-Semitic,it has denied Holocaust …But #Irandeal does not rely on trust.

Golnaz Esfandiari ‏@GEsfandiari  7 minutes ago
Obama: We’re all pro-#Israel. We’re all family. #IranDeal
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Obama: When you have a regime that denies the Holocaust who have to take that seriously. #Iran#IranDeal

Golnaz Esfandiari ‏@GEsfandiari  3m3 minutes ago

Obama: We are not normalizing relations with #Iran here. #Irandeal

Golnaz Esfandiari @GEsfandiari

Obama: Do I hope that the character of the ‪#‎Iran‬ regime changes? Absolutely, but I’m not counting on it. ‪#‎IranDeal‬

Golnaz Esfandiari @GEsfandiari

Obama: I’m less interested in what #Iran SL Khamenei says about me, I’m more interested in what happens on the ground. #IranDeal

Obama: If we rejected this deal, we wd be putting Iran in driver’s seat. They would be able to isolate US & Israel as reason deal fell thru

With 415 people from 20 different nationalities on board, #Phoenix’s decks look like a very crowded refugee camp

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 Klaus Schwertner

Kein Bild kann dieses Verbrechen beschreiben (via @loulorenz-dittlbacher)

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“Recommitting to the UN Philosophy” #UN70 video by @UNESCO Special Envoy for Peace & Reconciliation @ForestWhitaker https://youtu.be/TiM2BttqApw 

A new shameful #EU flag? Cartoonist @PatChappatte’s take. © Chappatte #Refugees #migrants @eu_eeas @EU_Commission

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 Lotte Leicht ‏@LotteLeicht1  

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Interesting post on legal avenues for redress for Flight #MH17 @opiniojuris http://opiniojuris.org/2015/08/27/gues

t-post-malaysia-airlines-flight-mh17-possible-legal-avenues-for-redress-part-1/ …

Another 100+ refugees confirmed dead & hundreds more still missing. The international community must act. http://owl.li/RvuYD 

PHR ‏@P4HR  9m9 minutes ago

#Assad’s declarations of amnesty have led to arrest & detention of many who accepted the offer http://owl.li/RvDcK  #Syria @SyriaDeeply

EILT #APA Flüchtlinge – Libysche Küstenwache meldet rund 200 Tote =

71 Flüchtlinge sterben in einem LKW, hunderte Flüchtlinge obdachlos. Aber hauptsache Mitterlehner und Merkel wollen „Kontakte vertiefen“

Ich kann solche Worthülsen echt nicht mehr hören. Wen bitte soll das beeindrucken? https://twitter.com/MitterlehnerR/status/637263627741974528

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cariklaus ‏@KlausSchwertner 

#Iran ’s Culture Ministry Spox says Daniel Barenboim is not allowed to conduct in Iran due to his #Israeli citizenship.

RIP Kremlin’s „What? Me,worry?“ talking points about US visa bans‪#‎sanctions‬ https://twitter.com/sputnikint/status/637192933599375360 …

Wir müssen #helfen! Einfacher gehts nicht .. https://www.rebuy.de/s/drk-spendenaktion … #RefugeesWelcome #Flüchtlinge in #Germany

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Muschelschloss☕ ️ ‏@Muschelschloss  

Beste Titelseite heute. Danke @nachrichten_at – Unglaublich: @krone_at druckt ein Bild der toten Flüchtlinge im Lkw

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 Christoph Schlemmer ‏@schlemmer 

.@GissiSim of #BuyPens has raised $42,000 for Abdul, Syrian refugee seen in pic selling pens by the road in #Beirut

Mediterranean migrant crossings top 300,000 in 2015: UN http://f24.my/1MZomnR 

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FRANCE 24 ‏@FRANCE24 

 Martin Speer ‏@martin_speer
.@AuswaertigesAmt Danke! Bewegendes Dokument! Denn im Herbst 89 waren wir selbst Flüchtlinge in Prag. Bots. @MiRoSPD http://www.cicero.de/berliner-republik/25-jahre-mauerfall-vor-unserer-erinnerung/58442 …

.@martin_speer Bericht ist echt! Haben in unserem Archiv das Original gefunden. #Flüchtlinge #Solidarität @MiRo_SPD pic.twitter.com/zqRt43BthW

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1989: Syrer spendet an dt. #Botschaft Monatsgehalt für DDR #Fluechtlinge feat. @unoflucht @AuswaertigesAmt @MiRo_SPD

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Find out the crucial legal difference between a #refugee and #migrant: https://storify.com/DeinAyurvedaNet/find-out-the-crucial-legal-difference-between-a-re-55e164b68f170cbe47b4397b