The IRC is notified via text message when buses are on their way to the camp, sometimes in the middle of the night. Once they arrive, the IRC’s child protection team meets the refugees and immediately identifies children separated from their families, as well as parents looking for their children. Here, IRC child protection officer Sarah Mwalongo collects information about three children who arrived at Nyarugusu alone.
The refugee crisis is one of the most pressing challenges for the world today: around 1 person in 100 is a refugee. David Miliband, a former British foreign secretary, offers his thoughts on how to solve it.
IRC (International Rescue Committee) President & CEO David Miliband speaks to The Economist about how being the son of refugees brings a personal commitment to his work, and why the global refugee crisis is “manageable, not insoluble.”
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