AMMAN — The Jordan Red Crescent Society
(JRCS) and the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) are holding a
regional meeting on Restoring Family Links (RFL), the Jordan News Agency,
Petra, reported.
اضافة اعلان
The three-day meeting in Amman, which opened on
Monday, brought together 13 representatives from national Red Cross and Red
Crescent Societies and 11 ICRC delegations from the Middle East and North
Africa.
The attendees seek to share experiences and
practices implemented in the region to strengthen RFL preparedness and
response.
The annual event is held to discuss and develop an
RFL strategy for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement
(2019-2025), the current challenges facing missing persons and their families,
the assessment of RFL needs and capacities, response to the needs of migrants and
their families, as well as the protection of data of the individuals using RFL
services.
“The protection of
family links will always be an essential part of the International Red Cross
and Red Crescent Movements’ framework, and we will boost cooperation with
partners to continue the humanitarian mission of protecting the data of RFL
services users,” said ICRC Jordan chief Sarah Avrillaud.
Head of ICRC’s Central Tracing Agency Florence
Anselmo said the Movement facilitated 2 million phone calls for separated
families in 2021, “which means four families were aided every minute, a missing
person was found every hour, and 11 families are reunited every day across the
world.”
“Refugees need to know the whereabouts of their
loved ones more than their need for food and shelter,” said JRCS President
Mohammad Al-Hadid.
He said that the Movement can maintain family links
by registering refugees to reduce the numbers of people missing due to armed
conflicts and other forms of violence.
Read more National news
Jordan News
.jpg)
.jpg)
