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Tracing Department

People are separated from their families and relatives and are forced to go other places due to impact of hostilities/war, internal violence, conflict, natural disasters and migration movement. In these circumstances, the family members of separated persons usually anxiously await with mental agony for the news.

The main objective of the tracing activities of Bangladesh Red Crescent Society is to reduce anxiety
by re-establishing family links and trace the reportedly missing persons.

Right to know the present condition of family members, exchange family news, live together are recognized by Geneva Conventions and their additional protocols and the decision of International Conferences of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

The Bangladesh Red Crescent Society is strongly committed to helping people left without news to their loved ones.
There is an International Tracing Network to run above mentioned work properly in the world. These networks are expanded in each of national Red Cross and Red Crescent Society. Every Unit of BDRCS is under this tracing network. There is a Tracing department to mobilize the tracing activities in National Headquarters and a tracing team in each Unit. Society is providing this unique humanitarian service without spending substantial amount of money in accordance with the 7 principles of the movement.

On 19 January, 2009 the Tracing Department was inform by the ICRC that about 500 economic migrants from Bangladesh and Myanmar are rescued by Indian Coast Grand in Andaman and some 200 were evacuated by local fishermen and Indonesian Navy in sabang Island, Ache Province, Indonesia. After receiving the news the Tracing Department obtained list of the detained Bangladesh from India and Indonesia through the ICRC. We helped the Bangladeshi to exchange family news,. draw the attention of Bangladesh Govt for arranging their repatriation, maintain liaison with the ICRC, Indian Red Cress Society and Indonesian Red Crescent Society. Due to our initiative 224 Bangladeshi returned home last year in two groups from Andaman and 5 persons returned from Indonesia in 2010. Our initiatives our continuing for remaining Bangladeshi detained in Andaman, India and Sabang in Indonesia .

Beneficiaries of Tracing Activities

1. Victims of natural disaster or conflict and their families,
2. Refugees and landless persons and their families
3. War prisoners and their families
4. Armed and civilian people affected by political conflict, Internal violence, civil war
5. Victims detained in abroad and their families
6. Victims of human trafficking eg. Unaccompanied children, women and male and their families.