Migration: our programmes
Around the world, our 192 Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies are a lifeline for vulnerable migrants and displaced people—whoever and wherever they are on their journeys.
We provide lots of different types of support to migrants and displaced people across the globe. Our support varies significantly between countries depending on local contexts and people’s needs.
Providing essential supplies
We distribute a wide range of household, food, hygiene, shelter and other essential supplies to migrants to assist them wherever they are on their journeys.
Health
We provide first aid, set up mobile health clinics and offer primary health care services to people on the move around the world. This includes mental health and psychosocial support services. We also run emergency water and sanitation programmes—including building and repairing water and sanitation systems in settings of large-scale displacement.
Community engagement
We listen to and engage with migrants and displaced people wherever they are to ensure our response activities respond to their needs and wishes. We provide trustworthy and accessible information to help people on the move make informed decisions and stay healthy and safe. For instance, information on how refugees and other newcomers can adjust, find work (if permissible) and build new lives in their new country. We also provide support to and work with communities hosting migrants, such as projects tackling anti-migrant sentiment and promoting social inclusion.
Reuniting families
In collaboration with the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), we run the Restoring Family Links programme that helps people regain contact with their family as a result of conflicts, disasters or migration.
Cash and voucher assistance
We’re increasingly providing cash assistance to people on the move worldwide affected by disasters—enabling them to buy the things they need to support themselves and their families in a dignified way that also supports local economies.
Explore our migration programmes

Humanitarian Service Points
Humanitarian Service Points are safe, welcoming and strategically located spaces where migrating and displaced people can access reliable support from our National Societies.

Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN)
Our largest migration programme. The IFRC and Turkish Red Crescent, with funding from the European Union, are providing cash assistance to more than 1.5 million refugees in Türkiye. Part of the programme involves helping young refugees to tell their own stories.

Virtual Volunteer
Part of our community engagement work, Virtual Volunteer is a webpage that gives migrants vital information so they can make informed decisions, stay healthy and get the help they need.

Rights of Migrants in Action
The Rights of Migrants in Action project, co-funded by the European Union and the IFRC, was a global initiative to promote and protect the rights of migrants through coordinated civil society action.