Help - People seeking news from their relatives

Family News Network of the International Committee of the Red Cross

Sri Lanka 2006

Help - People seeking news from their relatives

You are seeking information placed on this website either

by a person affected by the conflict, crisis or disaster concerned who is anxious for news from relatives.
by a relative who has no news from you as a result of the conflict, crisis or disaster concerned and this person is seeking it.

If you are the the person being sought, you can send your relative a Red Cross Family Message. Or should you have any information on the relative sought, you can send a Red Cross Family Message to the seeker. To do so, click on Red Cross Message.

If you are related to this person, you can send him a Red Cross Family Message. To do so, click on Red Cross Message.

Give as much information as possible about yourself to ensure that the addressee knows who you and where you are, and to allow him to reply via the same channel.
All information about the addressee is automatically included in the form, based on the data published on this site by the person concerned.
Write the text of your message. Take care to include family news only. The Red Cross Red Crescent is allowed to convey only family news.
Send the message.

Once your message has been received, the ICRC office or National Red Cross Red Crescent tracing office will forward it to the addressee as quickly as possible.

Red Cross Family Messages not related to this conflict/crisis/disaster will be disregarded.

Red Cross Family Messages will not be forwarded if they contain anything other than family news

Red Cross Family Messages intended for victims of this conflict/crisis/disaster which cannot be conveyed to the addressee by the Red Cross Red Crescent office concerned will be returned to the sender