The IRC partners with select foundations in the United States and around the world to support the world’s most vulnerable people. Together, we deliver immediate relief in emergencies and develop lasting change in complex crises to realize a safer, healthier and more prosperous world.      

Twenty Airbnb volunteers learned about the plight and resilience of refugees, and how the IRC and New Roots support them to build a new home in the United States.

Less than six years after arriving to the United States from Somalia, Rahmo Bare is the 2019 Dallas Mayor's Intern at the IRC.

Tolassa Elemaa was training to be a world class runner in Ethiopia until he became a political prisoner. Less than a year after being welcomed as a refugee by the United States, this inspiring athlete completed the New York City Marathon.

On October 10, the Department of Homeland Security proposed a policy change that would make it much more difficult for immigrants building new lives in the United States to access health care, find housing, or feed their families.

The Fiscal Year 2018 (FY18) refugee admissions level was set at 45,000—a historic low. Eleven months through FY18, the United States had only admitted 19,899 refugees—less than half this level.