Amin*, a 13-year-old Sudanese boy, was separated from his family for more than three years. He left Sudan's White Nile state – where the family used to live together – in the company of his two older brothers and headed to South Kordofan state to join their father. Shortly after their arrival, conflict broke out, and the father and three sons fled to South Sudan. There, the father along with one of his sons embarked on another journey, leaving Amin behind with his other brother. Amin soon wandered off on his own and didn't see any of his family members again until he reached Juba, the capital of South Sudan.
The ICRC delegations in South Sudan and Sudan, with the South Sudanese organization Confident Children out of Conflict and the Sudanese National Council for Child Welfare, worked tirelessly to reunite Amin with his mother, and the rest of the family, in Sudan on 28 April 2015.
Locating people separated from their loved ones during times of conflict, and reconnecting them with their relatives is a vital humanitarian service provided by the ICRC. It involves finding people, reuniting families and seeking to clarify the whereabouts of missing people.
Working as part of a wider network of tracing services offered by the ICRC delegations and national Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies in the region, the ICRC is able to assist families who have been separated across borders.
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