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Refugee families face a cold winter
In places like Syria and Lebanon, displaced families are experiencing frigid winter weather on top of what they are already facing — war, hunger and COVID-19.
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Reuniting families: A journey from Afghanistan to America
After years apart under Taliban rule, former Afghan deputy governor Faiz has reunited with his son, Wasiqullah. Their emotional reunion completes their family's journey to safety in America.
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- April 11, 2025
Impossible nowhere: Family planning for women and girls in crises
Family planning is one of the most life-saving and empowering interventions in health. Yet misguided assumptions are restricting it from the women and girls who need it most.
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- November 1, 2015
With her family stuck in Syria, a refugee has a message for Joe Biden
Bothina Matar, who fled the war in Syria in 2015, describes the situation her family is facing and her message to the president-elect: “I hope he will keep his promises.”
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- April 13, 2022
Family planning saves lives and promotes resilience in humanitarian contexts
Although family planning is one of the most life-saving, empowering, and cost-effective interventions for women and girls, it remains an overwhelming gap in emergency responses due to a lack of prioritization and funding.
- Report
- July 7, 2017
David Miliband: 5 lessons that should be learned at the U.S.-Mexico border
President Trump’s recent Executive Order did not solve the family separation crisis. IRC humanitarian programs in some of the poorest places in the world tell us five things children and families need to survive and thrive that should be in place at the southern border.
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- June 27, 2022
Family reunites after four years
Faiz and his son were reunited after fleeing Afghanistan, but many families remain separated. We're committed to keeping families together.
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- April 11, 2025
Real stories of Central American families searching for safety
As a caravan of asylum seekers and migrants continues toward the U.S. border, and debates over immigration resume, it helps to understand the humanity and hardship of the families making the perilous journey.
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- June 27, 2022
A family broken after the promise of refuge
This Iranian refugee family was approved for resettlement in Seattle on June 12, 2017, but because of the United States travel ban, the family's flights were canceled three times. While two family members were able to resettle to the U.S. this year with the support of the International Rescue Committee, the rest of their relatives remain in Turkey where they will restart the painstaking resettlement process from scratch.
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- June 27, 2022
Inside the IRC's center for families seeking asylum
The IRC and its partners in Phoenix, Arizona are helping hundreds of Central American families seeking asylum with emergency support and connecting them with their family members in the U.S. Get an inside look into our work.
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- June 27, 2022