Some people lose their relatives when they flee. They can search online for spouses, parents, siblings and other relatives and possibly establish contact. “Trace the Face” is the name of the free international tracing service run by the Red Cross and Red Crescent.
On an online platform, searchers who are at least 15 years old can post a photo of themselves and indicate who they are looking for. All personal information is kept confidential. Photos of younger people are not published for their protection. But they can also search for missing persons.
Every month there is a poster with photos of 16 searchers. The posters are hung in places where as many migrants as possible can see them. Anyone who recognizes a person on a poster can contact the Red Cross or the Red Crescent.
Detailed information in German is available at https://www.drk-suchdienst.de/fileadmin/user_upload/02_wie-wir-helfen/suchen/internationale_suche/trace_the_face/DRK-2020-Trace_the_face-Hinweisblatt_adresszusatz.pdf
and in German, English and Russian at https://www.drk-suchdienst.de/wie-wir-helfen/suchen/internationale-suche/trace-the-face/#c55267
and in English, Arabic, French and Spanish https://familylinks.icrc.org/ttf-europe
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Kriegsgebiet in der Ukraine. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Yana Rudenko.
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