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Overcrowded Shelters, Poor Reception Conditions: Refugees on Balkan Route Face another Crisis this Winter
- Press Release
- December 21, 2023
HarperCollins Children’s Books and Creative Artists Agency Partner with Endless OS Foundation and the International Rescue Committee to Bring Books to Displaced Ukrainian Children
- Press Release
- December 21, 2023
Co-Sponsorship Is a New Opportunity to Welcome Refugees
IRC in Denver teams up with local groups to support refugee families with integrating smoothly into the community!
- Announcement
- November 14, 2023
IRC in Poland: Impact of New Changes to Refugee Hosting Laws Need to Be Monitored
- Press Release
- June 13, 2024
As Syrian refugees highlight worsening living conditions in the region, and fewer than 2% envisage a return to Syria in the next 12 months, NGOs reiterate the need for continued support and protection from refoulement
- Press Release
- July 5, 2024
Heat wave underscores urgent need to address climate change
As the United States and Europe deal with a heat wave, people least responsible for global emissions are on the front lines of an urgent, deadly battle against climate change.
- Article
- July 18, 2024
Crisis in Nigeria: A mother’s tragic tale
After witnessing the death of fifteen relatives and neighbors, Gloria Ibrahim fled with her three small children to the city of Yola where an estimated 400,000 people have sought safety from a violent insurgency in Nigeria's northeast. The International Rescue Committee is leading the humanitarian response for tens of thousands of people. Read Gloria's story.
- Video
- June 22, 2022
Six former Secretaries of State speak out on refugees
In interviews recorded during 2012, six former Secretaries of State speak out on why it is important for the United States to offer support to refugees fleeing war and persecution: James A. Baker III (served 1989-1992), Dr. Madeleine K. Albright (1997-2001), General Colin L. Powell USA (Ret.) (2001-2005), George Shultz (1982-1989), Dr. Condoleezza Rice (2005-2009), Dr. Henry A. Kissinger (1973-1977)
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Economic recovery and development at the International Rescue Committee
The Economic Recovery and Development (ERD) unit at the IRC works to ensure that those we serve have their most basic survival needs met and have the combination of assets and income to prosper.
- Resource
- October 6, 2016
What is President Biden’s ‘asylum ban’ and what does it mean for people seeking safety?
Find out more about the policy recently overturned by a federal judge.
- Article
- June 17, 2024