Annual report

Our approach
The IFRC is committed to scaling up locally 
led and principled assistance, protection and 
advocacy for migrants and displaced persons, 
regardless of their legal status.
The IFRC advocates that the world has a collec-
tive responsibility to save lives, and reduce risks, 
harms, and conditions of vulnerability for people 
on the move and host communities along migra-
tion routes so their journeys and communities 
are safer and more dignified.
In 2021, the IFRC network reached 9.3 million 
migrants and displaced persons; 79 National 
Societies had integrated migration and dis-
placement into their strategic planning, and 
48 National Societies had set up Humanitarian 
Service Points.
The IFRC’s Global Route-Based Migration 
Programme brings together the skills, experience 
and compassion of the IFRC network and lever-
ages some of its strongest qualities – cross-border 
connections and solidarity, the open exchange 
of skills and information, and global coordi-
nation supporting seamless complementarity 
on the ground.
This programme aims to save lives and improve 
the safety and dignity of migrants, refugees, 
and other displaced people along dangerous 
and deadly migratory routes (see Spotlight for 
more information and highlights of the Global 
Route-Based Migration Programme).
In addition, the IFRC actively supports coor-
dination mechanisms such as the Migration 
Leadership Group, the Global Migration 
Taskforce, the Movement Reference Group on 
Internal Displacement and the research and 
analysis of the Global Migration Lab.
The IFRC’s global advocacy calls on States to 
ensure the safety of vulnerable migrants and dis-
placed persons, as well their access to essential 
services, and to find solutions that enable them 
to live safe and dignified lives.