This year, 53% of the inquiries came from unaccompanied or separated children.Īndrea Wood, a service manager at the British Red Cross IFT in London. In the first nine months of 2017, the British Red Cross had 2,157 such inquiries and its IFT teams took on 867 cases.
Without any idea where their relatives are, or the ability to search for them themselves, people around the world turn to Red Cross’s IFT teams for help. The separation of families due to conflict and migration is common. Hassan’s case is unusual for its swift and happy resolution.
I call my wife: ‘Hello, you are Mariam? Yes, this is your husband.’ My wife is crying, my children are crying, it’s happy.”Īs he hung up that first call, Hassan says he wept and kissed Simmonds’ phone again and again. “ says: ‘I found your family in Marrakech, here is a contact number.’ He gives me his phone. Four days later, Hassan’s Red Cross caseworker, James Simmonds – “Mr James, I love this man,” says Hassan – contacted him with good news.
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