"Families of migrants can be left in very vulnerable situations, particularly when they have no news of their loved ones for prolonged periods of time," says the International Committee of the Red Cross on the occasion of International Migrants Day.
"There are many reasons why they lose track of migrant family members," says Marianne Pecassou of the ICRC’s Central Tracing Agency in Geneva.
"In some cases the migrant may have died, or is being detained. In other cases, he or she may become trapped in transit without the resources to go further or to return home. Often, migrants may be reluctant to go to local organizations or even to contact their families, because of their irregular status."
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