Press releases

The number of people migrating through the Balkans has been climbing since the beginning of 2018. The Red Cross is responding, but more support is needed.

Valencia, 17 June 2018 – Red Cross emergency teams are assisting hundreds of people who disembarked this morning from the Aquarius and two accompanying vessels at the Spanish port of Valencia. The people spent almost a week at sea after being rescued f …

Geneva, 15 June 2018 – The Secretary General of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Elhadj As Sy, will be in Valencia for the expected arrival of the Aquarius and the two boats escorting it over the weekend. Mor …

Kinshasa/Nairobi/Geneva, 15 June 2018—While progress has been made to contain the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) the response on the ground has entered a new critical phase as national authorities, international agencies …

Panama/Geneva, 12 June 2018 – With 109 people now known to have been killed in the Fuego volcano disaster, and with 1.7 million people still at risk, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) is putting long-term plans …

Cox’s Bazar/Kuala Lumpur/Geneva, 12 June 2018 – Days of drenching rain have triggered floods and landslides across camps housing hundreds of thousands of people in Cox’s Bazar. Bangladesh’s meteorological office says that 138 millimetres (5.4 inches) o …

Geneva, 11 June 2018 – The following can be attributed to Francesco Rocca, the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies: Over this past weekend more than 600 people, including many women and children, were rescu …

Guatemala City/Geneva, 7 June 2018 – At the end of his visit to the volcano Fuego disaster zone, the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC), Francesco Rocca, said: “We should not underestimate the scale …

Kinshasa/Nairobi/Geneva, 05 June 2018— A Red Cross medical team has been deployed to the centre of the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The team – made up of doctors, nurses and water and sanitation experts from six Red Cro …

 Geneva, 5 June 2018 – The following can be attributed to Francesco Rocca, the President of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies:  “Over the past weekend, in just a few hours, more than 110 people died in the Mediterrane …