Refugees and asylum seekers

Two women and two children sit on a sofa smiling at the camera. They have been living in the UK since arriving from Ukraine in September 2022

"We instantly felt safe - for the first time in months, I was finally calm"

Karyna and her family's journey from Ukraine to the UK took six months. Here, she tells their story

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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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A still from a video, which shows a collage of photographs of people

Could you imagine not knowing what had happened to a loved one?

This video illustrates the sheer number number of people that go missing on their way to Europe each year

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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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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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An illustration of a man standing in an airport arrivals lounge, holding a sign that says "When I finally had them in my arms, I said thank you, thank you, thank you"

“Nothing is as painful as being separated from your family”

How one father of three was reunited with his family after three long years apart

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An illustration of two hands reaching for each other with the caption, a quote "They came to us like they were our mothers. They saw us as their own young children" - Sophia

“They made us feel safe and when we were sick, they looked after us.”

The project that connects girls and older women in safe spaces in Sudan

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"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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An animated illustration shows a photograph of a happy family, the photograph torn into three parts

How one family was reunited in the middle of a global pandemic

Faridun's family's search for safety kept them apart for four years

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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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