Hugo Reichenberger

Bit of Jorge Luis #Borges to lighten the week. “I thought that a man can be an enemy of other men, of the moments of other men, but not of a country: not of fireflies, words, gardens, streams of water, sunsets.” #ThursdayThoughts

TB #UNHCR2026 #ExCom: a #Haiku #Tanka version Convention's flame HC: called for cupping hands "Protect! From winds.." L'espoir, désormais, Annoncé par tant de voix. Ô, estruturas. Saudades, Jací. Lar, sempre longe. Dunkel wird die Zeit Durch Hoffnung bleiben wir frei.

This week, Prof Thompson of @UniofOxford joined @Refugees to explore our history: a small agency navigating Cold War politics and decolonization. Crises brings change: including OAU Refugee Convention’s expanded protections. Refreshing to be reminded: uncertainty isn’t new.

HCR's @EdemWosornu today at #ExCOm2026 @Refugees funding cuts are being felt by 👪families awaiting legal status 🚸Separated child searching 4 parents ♀️Survivors seeking GBV services 🏠Returnees wanting a home 🪪Stateless person seeking rights ➡️unhcr.org/news/speeches-and-…

At #ExCom2026, UNHCR convened a side event on operationalizing the #RouteBasedApproach to mixed and onward movements. Our goal: to connect protection responses across countries of origin, transit, asylum and destination - so no one falls between the gaps of borders.

🇪🇹 Ethiopia hosts 1.1M+ refugees, including 21,000 Sudanese in Amhara & 33,000 in Benishangul-Gumuz. Its settlement-based approach includes refugees in national services — with a lesson from Addis: solutions must begin at the onset of an emergency. #Sudan

🇸🇩 Sudan's Ambassador Hassan Hamid Hassan: 5M+ Sudanese have returned home, yet Khartoum's water, hospitals & schools lie devastated — he appealed for early recovery, reconstruction & access to financing. 🇹🇩 Chad: borders remain open, with refugees included in national systems

“Please, don't get tired," urged @mamadou_dbalde , UNHCR Director for Eastern & Southern Africa, to countries hosting Sudanese refugees. With 55,000+ arrivals in eastern Chad this year and the regional response plan just 28% funded.

Today at #ExCom2026 side event on #Sudan @UN @Refugees Agency’s new Assistant High Commissioner for Operations @anton_leis called Sudan one of the world's current largest humanitarian crises: 13.3M people displaced, while 5.5M Sudanese have returned home since January 2025

“Neither children should be born stateless, nor should people have to die stateless.” A call f/ @CBukalo of State Free, whose lived experience reminds us that laws are not enough. Change requires implementation, accessible procedures + meaningful partnership w/ stateless people