About us

When looking for information about migration and voluntary work, volunteers or potential volunteers come across a lot of different information. It isn’t always easy to find your way around this maze. The Migration Infobox platform is a central repository for all the knowledge collected by various stakeholders in the asylum and migration sector over the years.

The platform is fed by its users. Volunteers, specialists, organizations or authorities working in the migration sector can share their knowledge and upload information. The

• Relevant
• Easy to understand
• Up to date
• Complete
• Reliable
• Sourced
• and that it is compatible with the
  seven Fundamental Principles of the Red Cross & Red Crescent Movement.

You can search for content in various ways:

• Using the search function
• Search by topic (categories)
• Use tags to limit your search
• Sort events by date
• Search for content by region
• ...

After the wave of migration in 2015 and 2016, there was a huge increase in volunteer work in the asylum and migration sector. This resulted in many new associations and independent groups being set up.

It should not be underestimated just how emotionally stressful working with refugees can be and Swiss Red Cross volunteers have shown an increased need for information and support. The platform was created to meet this need among volunteers and their coordinators.

The Migration Infobox is funded by:

• the Swiss Red Cross Humanitarian Foundation
• the Mercator Switzerland Foundation
• the State Secretariat for Migration
• the Migros Culture Percentage

• 79.5 million people have had to flee their homes according to the UNHCR.
• Just under 60,000 people were in the Swiss asylum procedure in late 2019.
• Without the support of their volunteers, 91% of the organizations working in integration would be unable to carry out at least one of their projects.
• Volunteers make up 31% of the workforce in non-profit organisations.