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Rohingya girls are keeping up traditional make-up after fleeing Myanmar
“When I put on senahar, I feel happy in myself. I don’t feel sadness in my heart.”
- Article
- 10 July 2023
World risks up to 1 billion cases and 3.2 million deaths from COVID-19 across fragile countries
- Press Release
- 28 April 2020
Peru
The International Rescue Committee is on the ground in Peru providing support to Venezuelans as they try to rebuild their lives as well as members of host communities also in need.
- Country
Meet Amal and the Syrian 10-year-olds like her
As a humanitarian friend of The Walk, the International Rescue Committee is proud to welcome Little Amal - a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young refugee girl who represents all displaced children - to Brussels.
- Article
- 12 July 2022
Stories
On this page you will find a list of stories and articles detailing the experiences of refugees, asylum seekers, activists, IRC staff and clients and other people around the world as they survive, thrive, recover and rebuild their lives amidst humanitarian crises. Our stories are organised by regions.
- Meet IRC clients, activists, staff and other changemakers and be inspired.
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
These illustrations reveal the human stories of the world’s most dangerous migration route
The IRC collaborated with illustrator Paul Blow to depict the journeys of people making it along the Central Mediterranean Route.
- Article
- 23 June 2023