Refugees and asylum seekers

Emergency response officer Cathy, right, looks to camera wearing her Red Cross uniform, while helping people who have recently arrived from Afghanistan with their luggage

“I escaped from my house with just the clothes I was wearing”

Since flights started landing carrying families from Afghanistan this summer, Red Cross staff and volunteers have been on hand to support

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Children enjoying a lesson

Every refugee matters: how to teach young people about migration

Teaching young people to empathise with refugees can build a better world. Here’s how to start

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Celebrating our Sudanese Red Crescent leaders

“This is a good opportunity for us to let the world know what a woman can do”

Celebrating our Sudanese Red Crescent leaders

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Photo showing silhouette of woman holding a baby.

"No mother will simply accept that she might not see her child ever again”

Volunteer Mohamad on the experience of the thousands of Syrians who have been separated from their families

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An old public building with a banner and the words 'Refugees welcome' on it.

"We’re an island, but we can afford to be more generous, and - as Global Britain - we should be"

We are capable of far, far better, says Zoe Abrams

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Black and white photo showing people fleeing with their belongings during the war.

Refugees: Forced to Flee opens at the Imperial War Museum

The exhibition highlights the stories of people forced to flee their homes

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Sudan-wellbeing-project

"Our work is going to have a long-lasting impact"

Celebrating the women and girls of the Red Cross's wellbeing project in Sudan

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Volunteers from the Sudanese Red Crescent

Our programme supporting refugee women and girls in East Sudan

Over the past decade, thousands of migrants and refugees have travelled through Sudan

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Zain, one of the VOICES ambassadors who appears in the podcast, stands outside looking toward the camera

“I hope the podcast will help dispel a lot of myths, stereotypes, and negative narratives”

One VOICES ambassador shares his experiences of working on The kind place: We are VOICES, and what the new podcast means to him

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A group of smiling women conduct a mothers' club meets in Chad

“We will never combat violence against women if do not address the root causes"

Why prevention is at the heart of our work in gender-based violence

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A woman sits in a small space surrounded by storied items with her hand held up to her head, looking sad.

What is violence against women?

Learn more about what gender-based violence is, and how the British Red Cross is working with survivors

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Mada and her daughter Hala stand together in central London. Mada and her family were reunited in the UK after fleeing Syria

What is happening to the UK's asylum system?

The Nationality and Borders Bill has been passed into law. This is what it's likely to mean for people seeking protection in the UK

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