Understanding the impact of missing family on forcibly displaced people

该项目旨在调查家庭失踪对在澳大利亚定居的被迫流离失所者的心理和社会影响。这个世界上第一个项目采用纵向混合方法，比较那些失去家庭的人与那些在关键成果和应对策略方面恢复联系的人。项目成果将提高澳大利亚红十字会和红十字国际委员会理解和支持失踪人员家属需求的能力。这将为红十字会在澳大利亚和世界范围内恢复家庭联系的人道主义工作提供重要的实践和政策利益。

This project aims to investigate the psychological and social effects of having missing family on forcibly displaced people settled in Australia. This world-first project enlists a longitudinal mixed-method approach to compare those with missing family to those whose connections have been restored on key outcomes and coping strategies. Project outcomes will enhance the ability of Australian Red Cross and the International Committee of the Red Cross to understand and support the needs of families of the missing. This should provide significant practice and policy benefits for Red Cross’ humanitarian work in restoring family links in Australia and worldwide.