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Working with detained populations in Greece and Libya
This study explores the ethical challenges that the International Rescue Committee faced in its work with detained migrant and asylum-seeking populations in Greece and Libya over the past four years.
- Report
- July 10, 2019
Inside Moria: overcrowding, endless waiting, and despair
8,300 refugees from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan are living in deplorable conditions in an overcrowded refugee camp in Moria, on the island of Lesbos, Greece. Most are in the process of making asylum claims after feeling danger in their countries, but shortages and high tension in the camp are making life unsafe in the camp.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
IRC reunites Maria with her two sons
Five years ago, Maria was a 26-year-old single mother of two living in Honduras. After fleeing for life and being granted asylum in the U.S., Maria received assistance from the IRC in Baltimore and was able to reunite with her two sons this year.
- Announcement
- October 5, 2019
Greece
Greece currently hosts approximately 50,000 refugees, most of whom will remain in the country. The International Rescue Committee ensures these refugees understand their rights and provides them with job training, and psychosocial support so that they can rebuild their lives.
- Country
Promoting Collective Healing through the IRC in NY’s Community Adjustment Support Group Program
Even after refugees and asylum seekers have arrived in New York City, most who were fleeing a harmful or dangerous situation, may still not feel completely safe. This, coupled with the stress and uncertainty of the resettlement process can cause various mental health concerns in NYC’s migrant population.
- Announcement
- October 6, 2023
Crisis news in 60 seconds: August 2019
This month, the International Rescue Committee's crisis news roundup looks at the Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the Trump administration's asylum agreement with Guatemala and Colombia's recent pro-refugee measure to grant citizenship to Venezuelan children born in the country.
- Video
- April 13, 2022
Crisis news in 60 seconds: April 2019
This month, the International Rescue Committee’s crisis news roundup looks at Zimbabwe in the wake of the disastrous Cyclone Idai; the rise of the second worst Ebola outbreak ever, in the Democratic Republic of Congo; and the challenges Central American asylum-seekers face at the U.S. border.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Italy
IRC Italy is the International Rescue Committee's presence in Italy, working to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
- Country
Mandy Patinkin visits a safe space for refugee women in Greece
On a return visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, which he first visited in November 2015, Mandy Patinkin met with refugees stranded at Kara Tepe who are caught in a desperate and lengthy limbo as they wait to know the fate of their asylum claims. Learn more about refugees in Europe.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Crisis news in 60 seconds: Nov 2018
This month, the International Rescue Committee's crisis news roundup looks at the looming famine threatening millions in war-torn Yemen, an asylum ban that could harm families in the caravan fleeing Central America, and the reasons why now is not the right time to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar.
- Video
- June 27, 2022