How we support refugees
Our help for refugees, asylum seekers and vulnerable migrants.
The British Red Cross is the UK’s largest independent provider of services for refugees, asylum seekers, vulnerable migrants and survivors of trafficking.
We help restore dignity, safety and connection with loved ones for people who have been displaced, and make sure their voices can be heard.
From volunteering to participating in a challenge event to using our teaching resources, there are many ways you can support refugees through the Red Cross.
We help people find safe routes to new countries and provide essential aid.
We support survivors of trafficking, and victims or survivors of sexual or gender-based violence, well as people who have come to the UK from Ukraine.
Find out more below.
Are you a refugee, asylum seeker or vulnerable migrant who needs help?
- Find out how Red Cross refugee services can help you.
- Get help bringing your family to the UK through our family reunion service.
- We can help you find missing family missing abroad if you've been separated by conflict or natural disaster.
Help us provide support for refugees
The British Red Cross is the biggest non-government provider of refugee services in the UK. A regular gift means we will be there through their whole journey to a settled life here.
Donate monthlyHow can I help refugees and people seeking asylum?
From volunteering to using our teaching resources with your class or family, there are many ways you can stand with refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
Miles for Refugees
You can make every mile count. Walk, run, swim or cycle to raise funds and give hope to people forced to leave their homes.
Refugees and migration teaching resources
Help young people challenge assumptions about migrants, asylum seekers and refugees, and to develop mutual respect, empathy and understanding.
Products that support refugees
Visit our online shop for unique products both designed by and that support our work with refugees.
Volunteer to support refugees
We need people with skills in casework, interpreting, administration and other areas. But anything you can offer may be able to help.
Find out more about refugees
What do the terms refugee, asylum seeker and migrant mean? They all have different definitions and people may be living as migrants, asylum seekers or refugees at different stages in their lives.
Refugee projects that support women
Digital empowerment of refugee women
We help refugee women use the power of the internet to integrate into society, and find advice and services they need.
Helping refugee women stay safe from sexual violence
The Safe women in migration project helped keep refugee, asylum-seeking and migrant women and girls safe in Europe.