What are the Australian Red Cross criteria for someone wishing to find someone they believe to be missing?
Australian Red Cross can assist families with family ties to other countries when the separation has occurred as a result of war, internal disturbances, natural and other disasters. Tracing enquiries of a compassionate nature are also considered. What are some of the possible affects on a person or family when a loved one is missing? Mental health issues, such as grief and depression, are commonly associated with having missing family. People may feel helpless in their inability to find their family. Others express feelings of guilt and shame that they are not able to provide for or protect family members displaced by war and conflict, perhaps being separated by large distances (e.g. Australia and Sudan). Having missing family can be extremely traumatic. A person with missing family members will often experience feelings of grief, loss, anxiety, bewilderment and pain. Maintaining hope that the family member may be alive can be both inspiring and debilitating, in that individuals can ne
