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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh

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Associate Professor of Social Work at University College Dublin Teaching and research interests: Refugees; separated children; anti-racism in social work people.ucd.ie/muireann.niraghallaigh

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Dr Prospera Tedam @profprosperatedam.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
www.epiconline.ie/app/uploads/... With @drmuireann.bsky.social & Dr Joanne Kelleher @ucdspswsj.bsky.social
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Helen Kara @drhelenkara.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Are you, might you become, or do you know a transnational scholar from the Global South? Or do you work with one or more? If so, this insightful, creatively written book will be of interest. It's part of the series I co-edit with @patthomson.bsky.social www.routledge.com/Insider-Guid...
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
First day today of our new micro-credential on Working with People of Refugee Background. A great day, with great people! And fantastic to be partnering with the @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social
Sign that says working with refugees micro-credential with logo of ucd and Irish refugee council and a blue arrow pointing upwards
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Dr Prospera Tedam @profprosperatedam.bsky.social · 02/09/2025
Delighted that this special issue on SW in Schools has been published journals.whitingbirch.net/index.php/JP... @tinyiry.bsky.social @drleticia.bsky.social @marelizev.bsky.social
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Vol. 23 No. 1 (2025): Social Work in Schools (SWiS) Advance | The Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Working with refugees or international protection applicants and want to upskill? A small number of spaces left on our new micro-credential at UCD! 50% subsidies available for eligible learners www.ucd.ie/microcredent...
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Working with People of Refugee Background - UCD Micro-credentials
This is an introductory module, aimed at people who are relatively new to working with people of refugee background.
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Aparna Nair @disabilitystor1.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
"More than 1,500 civilians may have been massacred during an attack on Sudan’s largest displacement camp in April, in what would be the second-biggest war crime of the country’s catastrophic conflict." www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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Assault on Sudan’s Zamzam refugee camp may have killed more than 1,500 civilians
Guardian investigation finds number killed in April attack by Rapid Support Forces far greater than current estimates
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Love the part where the author tells us that when the rain arrived the anti immigrant protestors sheltered in the Brazilian cafe and Korean restaurant 🤦🏻‍♀️
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Liz Carolan @lizcarolan.com · 06/08/2025
Israel is storing recordings of Palestinians daily phone calls - millions of them - that they analyse to plan airstrikes / kill people - in Irish data centres Sweet Jesus www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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‘A million calls an hour’: Israel relying on Microsoft cloud for expansive surveillance of Palestinians
Revealed: The Israeli military undertook an ambitious project to store a giant trove of Palestinians’ phone calls on Microsoft’s servers in Europe
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Please join both if you can 💚✊️
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Ireland against Fascism @irlagainstfascism.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Another protest against the horrific assault on the innocent Indian man in Tallaght last Saturday. This is the earlier one on Friday 25th July, 3pm at Dept of Justice, St Stephen's Green. Please join all/any if you are in a position to do so. Let's all fight back against hate.
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Sinéad McNally @sineadmcnally.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
*First post on Bluesky* Delighted to share a new study with Christina O'Keeffe on children's views of play. Conducted in consultation with 49 children, our scoping review highlights children's play priorities and their advice for researchers. Open access 👉 rdcu.be/ewW5Q @dcuresearch.bsky.social
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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
🚨 Job alert: The Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto is hiring an Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Race and Ethnicity. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-... I'll be at ASA and would be happy to chat with interested candidates. Please share widely! #Socsky
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Dublin Inquirer @dublininquirer.com · 18/07/2025
Most asylum shelters are not subject to HIQA inspections. Instead, they are inspected by IPAS staff or an inspections company – but is that working? www.dublininquirer.c...
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Most asylum shelters are not subject to HIQA inspections
Instead, they are inspected by IPAS staff or an inspections company – but is that working?
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Deepa (pronounced Dīpā) Shah @deepashah.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
The impact of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers’ mental health: a mixed methods study By Janelle Spira, Hannah Wright, Kemi Komolafe & Christina Kushnir *Free to access in the International Journal of Human Rights* doi.org/10.1080/1364...
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The impact of hotel accommodation on asylum seekers’ mental health: a mixed methods study
Due to increasing numbers of asylum seekers and backlogs in processing asylum applications in the UK, the Home Office is increasingly housing asylum seekers long-term in accommodation that was inte...
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
Working or volunteering with people of refugee background or considering doing so in the future? Our new online flexible learning opportunity in @ucdspswsj.bsky.social might be for you! www.ucd.ie/microcredent...
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Working with People of Refugee Background - UCD Micro-credentials
This is an introductory module, aimed at people who are relatively new to working with people of refugee background.
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Great to be receiving applications - from those working with separated children; local authority integration workers; education professionals; IPAS Centre staff, amongst others - for our course on working with people of refugee background, designed & delivered with the @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social
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Irish Refugee Council @irishrefugeeco.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
The Community Action Tenants Union (CATU) will be holding an All-Island Housing Demonstration this #Saturday. Join us and many others in marching for affordable homes for all. 🗓️July 5 ⏰1pm📍#Dublin, Garden of Remembrance. #HousingForAll #HousingRights #HumanRights
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Dr Prospera Tedam @profprosperatedam.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
editorial.tirant.com/es/libro/int... Handbook of Social Work with our chapter @martinwebber.bsky.social
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International Handbook of Social WorkEditorial Tirant Lo Blanch - Editorial Tirant Lo Blanch
The INTERNATIONAL HANDBOOK OF SOCIAL WORK brings together historical perspectives on the profession and the academic field related to Social Work. Teachers, professionals and students interested in re...
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RTÉ News @news.rte.ie · 01/07/2025
Gaza's civil defence agency has said that Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory
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Gaza rescuers say over 50 killed in Israeli attacks
Gaza's civil defence agency has said that Israeli forces killed at least 51 people, including 24 at a seafront rest area, as fresh calls grow for a ceasefire in the Palestinian territory.
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Very grim
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 28/06/2025
Is Mise Éire Eile, a play based around protests against international protection accommodation, has one date left in its current tour- July 2nd in Naas. It’s really worth seeing. www.crookedhouse.ie/project/is-m...
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Is Mise Éire Eile: I am another Ireland | Crooked House
About On a rainy evening in autumn 2023 the staff of a small guesthouse in Newbridge prepared to welcome 100 international protection applicants. As buses with men seeking asylum pulled into the new d...
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Cas Mudde @casmudde.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
The calmness and strength of this mother in the face of state terror is absolutely amazing. May she soon be released. 💔
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 25/06/2025
Applications now open for our new micro-credential in Working with People of Refugee Background, commencing September 4th 2025. This has been developed in partnership with the Irish Refugee Council Further info at this link: www.ucd.ie/microcredent...
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Working with People of Refugee Background - UCD Micro-credentials
This is an introductory module, aimed at people who are relatively new to working with people of refugee background.
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
#WorldRefugeeDay
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
Looks like a fantastic special edition
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Nessan Vaughan @nessanvaughan.bsky.social · 16/06/2025
‘The next most common ground was socio-economic background such address, accent, education or employment.’ www.rte.ie/news/ireland...
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CSO: 22% of adults felt discriminated against last year
A Central Statistics Office survey has found 22% of people aged 18 or over say they felt discriminated against in the two years before 2024 compared to 18% in 2019.
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Colin Harvey @cjharvey1.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Belfast.
Refugees welcome sign
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
This is a brilliant thread …. Never had any interest in luxury watches but I’m much more knowledgeable now- let’s hope Corey learnt something too!!
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Raise Your Voice @raiseyourvoiceni.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
We must first acknowledge the girl whose violation sparked the chain of events. We stand in solidarity with her and with her family now and always. Instead, ostensibly because of the ethnic background of the boys accused of carrying out this attack, the vigil was hijacked by people intent on harm.
Violence in Ballymena
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We must first acknowledge the girl whose violation sparked the chain of events. She and her family will have to navigate her trauma and grief from this incident as well as to engage with the criminal justice system, which is challenging for any survivor, and particularly for one so young. We stand in solidarity with her and with her family now and always. 
Her family called for a peaceful and inclusive vigil to draw attention to the epidemic of violence against women and girls, and this could have been a moment for the community to come together on this issue that plagues every part of our society and impacts such a huge number of women and girls across our lifetimes. 
Instead, ostensibly because of the ethnic background of the boys accused of carrying out this attack, the vigil was hijacked by people intent on harm. Their actions harmed families and individuals and left many without shelter, including women and girls who were removed from their homes by this destruction. They have also left people in fear for their safety, particularly people from an ethnic minority background.
None of this helps the victim in this case. None of this will address the broader issue of VAWG.
Most gender-based violence and most sexual violence is carried out by people known to the victim. In the reporting year 2023/24, 1,681 files were sent to the PPS regarding sexual crimes. Many of these were not prosecuted, and many, many more were never reported. We do not usually see vigilante actions in response to incidents of rape, and in this case it is clear that these actions, which defied the family’s wishes, were motivated by racism. 
We welcome outrage at the trauma that this girl has suffered, but this outrage can and must be channelled correctly. We need reform within the legal system, we need to address the culture that makes these incidents so common, we need to tackle prejudice and racism, and we need to redouble our efforts to achieve the goal of ending violence against women and girls.
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Noah @bedmounds.com · 10/06/2025
A robin made a nest in one of my plant pots right outside my studio. The baby birds are hatching today.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 07/06/2025
While the entire population of Gaza remains on the brink of famine, and Israel refuses to allow in truckloads of humanitarian aid, an organisation called the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation has taken over food distribution, with already disastrous results. jrnl.ie/6725517
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A new organisation has taken over Gaza food distribution with disastrous results - who's behind it?
The term Orwellian may be overused in modern discourse but in this case, it seems to be the most appropriate description.
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Aidan O'Sullivan @aidanosullivan.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
A drumbeat of death, every day, every night Israeli government slaughtering civilians in Gaza
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Annika Brockschmidt @ardenthistorian.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
„As many as 14,000 babies in Gaza could die in 48 hours if aid does not reach them in time, the UN’s humanitarian chief, Tom Fletcher, warned. Fletcher said five trucks of aid went into Gaza yesterday but described this as a “drop in the ocean”“
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Israel says ‘external pressure will not divert’ it after UK pauses trade talks – Israel-Gaza war live
Israel foreign ministry spokesperson accuses Britain of ‘anti-Israel obsession’ after UK pauses trade talks over blockade of Gaza
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Graham Clifford @grahamclifford.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Hi everyone - would you do me a massive favour?! We're trying to greatly increase the number of followers we have to @sanctuaryrunner.bsky.social ! If you wouldn't mind following the Sanctuary Runners account we'd be so very grateful - plus its a lot more entertaining than my one! #BeSound
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Robin Sen রবীণ সেন (he/him) @robin2399.bsky.social · 25/05/2025
Petition for UK-based health, aid, and social care workers to sign urging the UK Government to take action over the humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza: www.change.org/p/support-un...
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Sign the Petition
Support UN-Supervised Aid and Ceasefire in Gaza
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Journal of Youth Studies @youthstudies.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Check out our Editorial Board member, Ali Fraser's inspirational new podcast called Young Warriors available at all the usual places you get your podcasts podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/y...
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Young Warriors
Documentary Podcast · Series · Young people are often demonised on the street, but what happens if we look beyond the stereotypes and listen to what they can teach us instead? Follow criminologist Pro...
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 12/05/2025
Q: There are many people who fit the criteria of fleeing persecution. Afghans for example. But they're being denied refugee status. So why such an exception for the Afrikaners? TRUMP ADMIN OFFICIAL: One of the criteria is making sure they can be assimilated easily into our country
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
Well said P.J. Boyle www.thejournal.ie/migrant-heal...
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Notion that refugees get 'special treatment' in healthcare is wrong, specialist says
A nurse in migrant health says the far-right “narrative” has given rise to disadvantaged groups “setting themselves up against eachother”.
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The Journal @thejournal.ie · 06/05/2025
Two Irish journalists, Declan Walsh and Ivor Prickett, have won the Pulitzer Prize for their coverage of the ongoing civil war in Sudan jrnl.ie/6697363
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Irish journalists win Pulitzer Prize for international news coverage of war in Sudan
Declan Walsh and Ivor Prickett, along with the staff of the New York Times, won the prestigious award last night.
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Absolutely!!!!
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Al Jazeera English @aljazeera.com · 04/05/2025
Trucks carrying food, water and medicine are piling up at the borders of Gaza as Israel’s total blockade on the enclave enters a third month. 🔴 Follow our LIVE coverage: aje.io/1x2jss
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
www.thejournal.ie/readme/mcgre...
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Opinion: Irish people being against immigration is like Brazilian people being against football
Peter Flanagan examines the tensions in Ireland around immigration and asks us not to blame migrants for our own shortcomings.
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Important piece by Oliver Callan on my hometown of Carrickmacross which is in the news for all the wrong reasons m.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
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Oliver Callan: Anyone claiming my home town of Carrickmacross has been ‘destroyed by foreigners’ must have a very short memory
Carrickmacross is one of several country towns known to locals as Carrick – or CMX for funky shorthand. It has gone through various eras: Plantation, Troubles, crash and resurgence. If you believe the...
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Martha Fanning @marthafanning.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Proud to stand against racism with @labourdunl.bsky.social and #DunLaoghaireWelcomes #NoRacism #StandUpFightBack
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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
We visited a women's centre in the refugee camp in Adre in Chad set up by a refugee and social worker, Zahra Adam Khimes. The stories are very upsetting but the women there were really resilient and open and kind to each other www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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‘There were four girls raped in front of us. Their mother cried for their safety’
Rape and sexual assault are used as weapons of war in Sudan. A refuge in Adre in Chad offers ‘a safe space for women and girls’ where they can make handicrafts and talk
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Nando Sigona @nandosigona.bsky.social · 26/04/2025
Migrants are dehumanised. ICE officers are rewarded or sacked if they meet a target (1m deportations in 12 months). They treat them like parcels, not humans.
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Dr. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh @drmuireann.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Looking forward to reading this paper.
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 19/04/2025
Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’
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Despair in Gaza as Israeli aid blockade creates crisis ‘unmatched in severity’
Palestinians pushed into new misery as supplies of food, fuel and medicine run out in seven-week siege Gaza has been pushed to new depths of despair, civilians, medics and humanitarian workers say, by the unprecedented seven-week-long Israeli military blockade that has cut off all aid to the strip. The siege has left the Palestinian territory facing conditions unmatched in severity since the beginning of the war as residents grapple with sweeping new evacuation orders, the renewed bombing of civilian infrastructure such as hospitals, and the exhaustion of food, fuel for generators and medical supplies. Continue reading...
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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
More: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike
Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family
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Patrick Freyne @patrickfreyne.bsky.social · 19/04/2025
There’s a city of 237,000 refugees on the Chadian/sudanese border in Adre. The Sudan war is the biggest humanitarian crisis in the world right now. 150,000 dead and 12 million displaced. Chris Maddaloni and I spent a week in refugee camps in east Chad. www.irishtimes.com/life-style/p...
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‘My son was killed in front of my eyes. Three bullets in his chest’: Patrick Freyne in Chad’s desert camps
An unforgiving conflict between rival military factions has killed 150,000 people. Another 12 million people are displaced, many fleeing to a huge desert camp in eastern Chad. Photographs by Chris Mad...
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