Many of the International Rescue Committee’s over 20 offices across the United States are helping families arriving from Afghanistan.

Some Afghans in the U.S. could soon lose their ability to work, find health care, reunite with family members and even their legal right to live in the country.

After living for 7 years in the United States, Khalida has embraced the dish as a potent reminder of happier times in her native country. 

Oleksii and Roman work with International Rescue Committee (IRC) partner Migam to help Deaf Ukrainian refugees in Poland by using video calls to provide sign language interpretation.

The IRC helps people whose lives have been shattered by conflict and disaster, reaching those who need it most despite politics, hostilities or harsh climates.

From coffee and catering to clothing and jewelry, here are nine small businesses owned by refugees.

Humanitarian need and political instability grow as armed groups expand their control of northern Burkina Faso. Learn more about why Burkina Faso features on the IRC’s 2023 Emergency Watchlist....