Refugees and asylum seekers

Remembering missing family members

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Children in a classroom raise their hands.

"Children can be agents for change"

Children are asking more and more questions about refugees and asylum seekers. But where to start with such a complex topic?

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Celebrating Leaps & Grounds, the British Red Cross’ coffee project

Our social enterprise that helped craft the careers of dozens of refugee women

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A photograph of the Amiri family at their son Hussein's graduation. The family fled from Afghanistan and now live in Wales.

"This is not a refugee story, it's a love story"

Hamed Amiri's life has been extraordinary. Here, he describes his family’s escape from Herat, which inspired a sell-out play.

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Illustration capturing different refugees for the help for refugees campaign.

How the Illegal Migration Bill affects vulnerable communities

The Illegal Migration Bill has now passed and will become law. But what will it actually mean for people who have fled their home countries?

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Lonely young man gazes out of a window with his head in his hands.

Asylum seekers: are they living on easy street?

With so many conflicting reports, it's hard to picture life for an asylum seeker in the UK. We shed some light on the matter.

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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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"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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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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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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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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Why the UK family reunion process puts people in danger

Lydia helps reunite families torn apart by war and conflict as part of the British Red Cross' co-funded REPAIR project with the EU. She explains why the UK's complex family reunion process is keeping families apart, and in danger.

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