The Faroe Islands Red Cross works to provide support, help, and guidance to Ukrainian refugees living in the Faroe Islands.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
The Faroe Islands has currently reached its intake limit for Ukrainian refugees.
For all questions about residence permits, visas, or related matters, please contact the Immigration Office: www.utlendingastovan.fo/en.
How can the Red Cross help you?
Reception House – NOW CLOSED
The Reception House for newly arrived refugees is no longer in operation, as the limit for how many refugees the Faroe Islands can receive has been reached.
Temporary Communal Housing (1 May – 31 October 2025)
The Red Cross has been tasked with offering temporary shared housing for Ukrainian refugees who do not currently have a place to live, or who are at immediate risk of losing their housing, in cooperation with Landsverk.
- In the temporary communal housing, you rent a room in a shared house, where the kitchen, bathroom, and living spaces are shared with others.
- This offer is temporary, and housing is available from 1 May 2025 until 31 October 2025.
- Rent is payable to Landsverk and is calculated per individual.
- Renters sign a rental agreement with Landsverk.
- Please note, this housing program is not intended for people with stable housing.
Questions? Write to housing@redcross.fo or call +298 286621.
Click the link below to apply for temporary communal housing.
Red Cross Buddies
The Red Cross can also offer you (and your family) to be matched with a Red Cross Buddy (also called volunteer friend). The volunteers can help with guidance and support, especially in the beginning when you are figuring everything out, but they can also be a friend with whom to socialize and hang out.
The idea behind the Red Cross Buddy system is that a volunteer Faroese family or individual can support you and your family to better understand the Faroese society, and practice the Faroese language. By doing so, you will hopefully sooner feel at home and thrive in the Faroe Islands. Read more and sign up here.
Language Café
You are welcome to join the Málkafé, a free and informal language café where you can practice Faroese and meet other people in a relaxed setting. See more details here.
Refugee Support Network
The Refugee Support Network is a volunteer-based support system offering practical help to refugees in the Faroes. This includes things like assistance with transportation and other challenges.
The Refugee Support Network is a flexible area of activity within the Red Cross that can be quickly scaled up or down, depending on available resources, volunteer interest, and the needs of refugees. It is designed to respond to a wide range of practical needs and can be adapted as the situation changes.
Contact redcross@redcross.fo for guidance.
Restoring Family Links
The Red Cross can help you find missing family links through our IFRC program ‘Restoring Family Links’.
Other support
The Red Cross is here to support you as much as we can. If you need help with something that is not listed above, then you are welcome to contact us on +298 283630 or email us on redcross@redcross.fo and we will do our best to help you.
Living in the Faroe Islands
You can read about work, school, daycare, sports and other aspects of living in the Faroe Islands on the website integration.fo.
About the Red Cross
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