"The reality is that people will cross the Channel in search of safety, despite reforms"
Chief executive, Mike Adamson, believes the window of opportunity to help the 82 million people who have now been forced to leave their homes is closing. The world needs to pull together and help.
READ MOREEvery Refugee Matters: speak up, take action

5 reasons why you should support our Every Refugee Matters campaign
As the UK government prepares to overhaul the asylum system, there's never been a better time to stand by refugees. Sign our pledge to show that #everyrefugeematters.

"People will still cross the Channel in search of safety, despite reforms"
Chief executive Mike Adamson believes the window of opportunity to help the 82 million people who have now been forced to leave their homes is closing. The world needs to pull together and help.

What is happening to the UK's asylum system?
This is what the proposed changes could mean for refugees and people seeking asylum

Meet the refugees and people seeking asylum who’ve seen it all – and now want change
By British Red Cross
They’ve fled persecution and violence, they’ve lost loved ones, they’ve experienced nights of dread in cells built for prisoners. But now, these refugees are speaking up via the VOICES network, a platform to challenge policies and stereotypes
Refugees and people seeking asylum: get the facts

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.

Six myth-busting facts about refugees
How good is your knowledge of the reality for asylum seekers?

“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
Supporting people arriving from Afghanistan

“The priority must be helping people in Afghanistan to reach safety”
Our chief executive Mike Adamson on the Government's resettlement scheme announcement

“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

“We want to give them the best welcome possible”
Hear from the staff and volunteers who have been at airports around the country, welcoming Afghan families to the UK

Together again: the family reunited miles from home in a global pandemic
By British Red Cross
When Faridun and his family were forced to leave Afghanistan, their search for safety kept them apart for four years. Until one day last year, when one of his sons stepped into a Red Cross family tracing office.
Bringing families together

"My son would ask strangers to be his dad"
A story of theft, a child kidnap attempt… and finally, a happy reunion

"I saw a bomb kill a busload of people"
A mother’s mission to find her family a safe home

Ten things about our work with refugees and people seeking asylum
By British Red Cross
17,000 food parcels. 1,000 baby packs. 3,000 people reunited. These aren’t statistics from a faraway conflict zone: they’re just a few of the ways we helped refugees here in the UK last year. Add translation and speaking up for change, and you’re starting to get the picture.
Support for people caught up in trafficking

The women-led programme supporting trafficked women and girls on their road to recovery
A safe house in Eastern Sudan is helping women process their trauma and move forward with their lives. This is Edana's story

The UK is bleak for trafficking victims
How survivors are being failed and swept back into abuse

"Trafficking didn't stop for the pandemic, and neither did we"
Now more than ever we need coordinated action to combat modern slavery and trafficking

Finding hope onstage at the Globe
By British Red Cross
A group of young asylum seekers and refugees who came to Britain alone created a play to tell their stories their way. It's part of a life skills project we're running to create fun when life seems dark and lonely