South Sudan: Better access to water at South Sudan refugee camp
Source: British Red CrossCountry: South Sudan, SudanA three-month emergency programme to improve living conditions at the Batil refugee camp in South Sudan has successfully increased residents’ access...
View ArticleMali: West Africa update: Supporting people affected by Mali conflict
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, SenegalThis week sees the closure of our West Africa Food Crisis Appeal. However, with access to food remaining difficult – and conflict in...
View ArticleBurundi: Cholera threatens displaced Burundian refugees
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Burundi, United Republic of TanzaniaBurundian refugees are facing serious health risks as they return home, having had their refugee status revoked by the Tanzanian...
View ArticleJordan: Number of Syrian refugees likely to be higher than 1 million, says...
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Jordan, Syrian Arab RepublicThe real numbers of refugees who have fled Syria are likely to be higher than the 1 million estimate, says the British Red Cross.Pete...
View ArticleJordan: Approaching summer and Syrian refugee influx add to Jordan’s water...
Source: British Red Cross, OxfamCountry: Jordan, Syrian Arab RepublicJordan's water supply system, already under severe strain, is being stretched to the limit by the large influx of refugees fleeing...
View ArticleJordan: Syrian refugees in Jordan: Waiting for the Syria conflict to end
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Jordan, Syrian Arab RepublicThis is a guest blog by Julia Brothwell, a member of our disaster management team who recently returned from Jordan.As news broke that one...
View ArticleJordan: Syria conflict: cash grants to refugees in Jordan bring hope
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Jordan, Syrian Arab RepublicMohammed and his six children have recently arrived in the Ajloun governorate of Jordan, 47 miles north-west of Amman. The 33-year-old...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Desperate need for more Syria aid says British Red Cross
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Jordan, Lebanon, Syrian Arab Republic, TurkeyThe British Red Cross expressed their concern today [7 June 2013] as both the UN and International Federation of the Red...
View ArticleWorld: Interactive timeline: Our long history of helping refugees
Source: British Red CrossCountry: WorldFor over a century, the British Red Cross has been helping protect and support people in the UK and abroad who have been forced to leave their country fearing...
View ArticleKenya: Dadaab refugee camp: Waiting to go home
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Kenya, SomaliaThis is a guest blog by Sir Nicholas Young, chief executive of the British Red Cross, who recently visited the Red Cross programme at Dadaab refugee camp...
View ArticleEthiopia: How we helped Sudanese refugees
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Ethiopia, SudanAn influx of Sudanese refugees into Ethiopia in 2011 prompted an emergency appeal as the government and aid agencies struggled to cope with the sudden...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Red Cross ready to...
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Syrian Arab Republic, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland29 January 2014For further information contact: Nichola Jones 0207 877 7618/...
View ArticleCameroon: The uncertain fate of refugees fleeing violence in Central African...
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Cameroon, Central African RepublicThousands of men, women and children, jam-packed into freight trucks and covered in dust arrive in east Cameroon, fleeing the raging...
View ArticleSouth Sudan: South Sudan Crisis Appeal launched
Source: British Red CrossCountry: South SudanThe British Red Cross is today launching an appeal to help thousands of people affected by the conflict in South Sudan.Fighting has engulfed the world’s...
View ArticleLebanon: Lebanon’s Syrian Refugees: Cash grants to help the most vulnerable
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Lebanon, Syrian Arab RepublicWith the conflict in Syria into its fourth year, well over a million Syrians have now fled across the border into neighbouring Lebanon....
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Knitting, Sewing and Weaving an Independent Life
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Iraq, Syrian Arab RepublicHow can making a scarf, belt or bag help someone stand on their own feet? Just ask the women learning craft skills at a project in Dwailaa,...
View ArticleWorld: Disrupted Flight - The Realities of Separated Refugee Families in the EU
Source: British Red Cross, European Council on Refugees and ExilesCountry: WorldExcessive red tape prevents refugees from reuniting with their familiesECRE and the Red Cross EU Office, along with...
View ArticleSyrian Arab Republic: Urgent call for funds to respond to severe winter...
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Iraq, Syrian Arab RepublicThe British Red Cross is calling for funds for their Iraq and Syria Crisis appeals as refugees and displaced people suffer in tented camps...
View ArticleNiger: Acute food shortages hit countries in Africa’s Sahel region
Source: British Red CrossCountry: Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, NigeriaThe British Red Cross has pledged more than half a million pounds to help...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Poor health, no wealth,...
Source: British Red CrossCountry: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, WorldRecord number of UK asylum seekers destituteMore than 9,000 asylum seekers were left destitute last year,...
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