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Greek shipwreck: what you need to know one year later
Over 600 lives were lost after a ship capsized in the Mediterranean Sea on June 14, 2023. Find out why people seeking protection are forced to take a dangerous journey.
- Article
- 14 June 2024
What is the Italy-Albania asylum deal?
Italy has agreed a deal with Albania that will detain up to 36,000 asylum seekers outside of EU borders. Find out more.
- Article
- 30 August 2024
European Elections 2024
Since the last European elections in 2019, the world has changed dramatically. The number of people in humanitarian need has more than doubled to nearly 300 million. Displacement has soared by almost 40% to 110 million. And the global population facing acute food insecurity has risen by 160% to almost 350 million.
- European Elections 2024
Iraq
The IRC helps Iraqis affected by conflict, particularly women, youth and children, to access vital services and enjoy their rights in a safe and peaceful environment.
- Country
An Afghan family’s first Ramadan together after two years apart
The Hussaini family enjoy an Iftar feast together for the first time since they were reunited in the United States
- Article
- 5 April 2024
International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Ukraine
The war in Ukraine has affected the lives of millions of people, driving 10 million out of their homes, and creating unprecedented humanitarian needs inside the country. To date, 14.6 million people need urgent humanitarian assistance. The IRC has been present in Ukraine since February 2022, working hand in hand with local partners to provide vital support to conflict-affected people to help them survive, recover and regain control of their future.
- Resource
- 12 April 2024
Time to get resettlement moving: Civil society organisations urge the EU to urgently revive resettlement efforts and make ambitious pledges for 2022
- Press Release
- 5 September 2023
How the Emergency Rescue Committee became the International Rescue Committee and where we are today
Netflix’s Transatlantic tells the story of how Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee helped thousands of refugees flee France during World War II. Read how the organisation became the International Rescue Committee and how we’ve continued to support people facing conflict and crisis for the past 90 years. Through the years 1933 Varian Fry at his office in Marseilles in the spring of 1941.
- History of the IRC
EU resettlement efforts “simply not good enough” as global needs soar, warns IRC
- Press Release
- 5 September 2023
Meet the people putting EU integration policy into practice
Now that the EU has launched its new Action Plan on Integration and Inclusion, meet four of the people working tirelessly to put the these policies into practice across Europe
- Article
- 13 September 2023