The IRC’s 2023 Emergency Watchlist reveals how the guardrails created to reduce suffering during crises have been weakened or dismantled all together.

Each year, the IRC lists the countries at greatest risk of worsening humanitarian crisis over the coming year.

Chadia and her daughter Nour fled Syria years ago. Now, for World Refugee Day, they’re opening up about how the experience shaped them—and how they’re now in turn helping shape their new home for the better. When asked her favourite thing about her mom Chadia Bchir, 15-year-old Nour Alsaleh says without hesitation, it’s her smile.