COVID-19 has already overwhelmed health systems in high-income countries. As it spreads to fragile and crisisaffected countries, it threatens even greater devastation. There is a small window left to mount a robust response while COVID-19 is still in the early stages of spreading to these settings. COVID-19 is a global threat requiring a global response, but the steps to contain it should be designed locally, particularly in the crisis settings where the International Rescue Committee (IRC) works, to avoid exacerbating humanitarian suffering.

Three years since the Global Compact of Refugees was agreed, a new report from the International Rescue Committee in collaboration with Danish Refugee Council and Norwegian Refugee Council, finds that a lack of political will and leadership is challenging the achievement of more equitable and predictable responses to forced displacement.