The Soft Landing Fund directly supports the housing needs of refugee and immigrant families who were forced to flee their countries and are rebuilding their lives in Northern California.

Civic engagement and voter registration education is a strategic priority of the IRC in Salt Lake City. Helping refugees and new Americans to gain, maintain, and expand their voice within the community is central to the IRC’s global Strategy100. Hear from some of our staff about what is new with civic engagement and advocacy.

With the generous support of Montgomery County’s Department of Health and Human Services, the IRC in Silver Spring provides resettlement services to facilitate the full civic integration of refugees entering the United States who reside in Montgomery County.

We invite you to donate new warm blankets from now until the end of December 2019 to ensure our families are prepared for the winter. Show your support for refugees in Wichita by participating in our Winter Blanket Drive!

Many newcomers arrive in the U.S. with a wealth of professional skills and experience, but starting one’s career over again in a new country can be an overwhelming process. Career Connect is a new IRC program helping refugees take steps toward re-entering professions they were forced to leave behind.

After facing initial challenges in school, Isabel joined the MYVA program and is now thriving and helping other refugee students to succeed.

This report based on the findings of an assessment that aimed at improving the understanding of key factors affecting the newly arrived Rohingya as well as the established refugee community and the host communities to access justice systems in Bangladesh. The report outlines the current context, the existing legal framework of the Rohingya in Bangladesh and key actors with influencing access to justice mechanisms.