This document provides details about the symptoms and root causes of the refugee crisis, sets out the IRC’s aspirations for our expanded response, and illustrates how the support of our generous and compassionate donors is being put to best use.

When he visited Lesbos, actor Mandy Patinkin helped to rescue a girl in a pink coat. The IRC returned to Lesbos to follow her story.

Fifteen-year-old Samir became separated from his family after his home in Aleppo was attacked. He tells the IRC about his journey to Jordan and his hope to be reunited with his parents.

Volunteering at an IRC-run clinic in Jordan has given this Syrian mother hope to aspire for a better future.

Syrian mothers at Arbat camp in Iraq wouldn’t sit by as their daughters lost an education. Instead, they took action.

TIME Magazine recently named Mustafa Hassan one of its 100 most influential people for his work providing aid to Syria’s children.

The IRC has released results of a new survey after interviewing more than 800 Syrian refugee families, uncovering the reasons why refugees are embarking on the perilous journey to Europe.

Actor and activist Mandy Patinkin recently witnessed first­hand the refugee crisis engulfing Europe. Alongside International Rescue Committee aid workers in Greece, he met families who had fled Syria and other war­torn countries in hopes of finding a better life for their children in Europe. “Standing with them, I did not see strangers to be feared but the faces and stories of my own family.