Red Cross Red Crescent magazine 
So close, yet so far
Clairet Mata is in a new country raising her son on her own. She says learning how to manage her feelings has been an important way of dealing with separation from her family.
Clairet Mata is in a new country raising her son on her own. She says learning how to manage her feelings has been an important way of dealing with separation from her family.
A tale of two migrants, finding their way under the looming cloud of Covid-19 in a world where they are considered ‘illegal’ – cut off from friends, family and basic social benefits.
As migration is increasingly treated as a security matter rather than a humanitarian concern, migrants and those trying to help them are being regarded as criminals.
Red Cross Red Crescent magazine goes on the road with migrants as they make the exhausting journey through the freezing mountain passes of northern Colombia.
A typical day for thousands of migrants making the long trek on foot through Colombia. These are their stories.
Juan used to work so much that he would hardly see his son Santiago. Now they are on a journey of a lifetime.
With heavier rains expected to hit their makeshift camps, desperate people who fled violence in Myanmar have even more to worry about.
