In an episode of Oprah's Book Club, Oprah Winfrey shares the story of Nadia, who left Honduras to escape violence when her daughter was only four months old. The harrowing journey of over 2,000 miles to the U.S.-Mexico border took seven months. The International Rescue Committee and our partners are helping women like Nadia and their families on both sides of the border. See our reading list about seeking asylum.

Actress and IRC voice Piper Perabo recently visited Phoenix, Arizona, where she met Central American mothers and their babies who had been detained at the U.S. border after fleeing gang violence at home. "When people talk about the rising number of people crossing the border, I think we have to remember that we are talking about small children and parents," she says. "It's families." Learn more about asylum seekers and how to help.

This month, the International Rescue Committee's crisis news roundup looks at a tenuous ceasefire in Yemen, election unrest in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and the U.S. administration's attempts to criminalize Central American asylum seekers who have the legal right to seek protection in the U.S.