As a former refugee from Eritrea, Yassin has a unique understanding of how the resettlement process works. Though his work as a caseworker for the IRC in Baltimore, he is able to share his experiences and assist newly arrived refugees and Asylees as they rebuild their lives.

Learn how to donate your used car to a refugee in need!

IRC's mentorship program has begun placing refugees with mentors in Garden City.

Once a refugee himself, Yasir is proud to stand up for the rights of other refugee and immigrant families in his community. He shares about his recent experience travelling from Washington State to Washington, D.C. to meet with members of Congress.

The International Rescue Committee is fundraising through the May 3 Idaho Gives to expand RISE Together swim programming to serve a larger population of refugee youth this summer. With your help we can RISE Together to make refugee children safer in and around water!

Representatives from the IRC in Charlottesville attend the UN Global Refugee Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.

This paper provides guidance on how to apply the urban context analysis toolkit. The toolkit is a set of practical tools (such as questionnaires, analysis tables, and report templates) tailored for humanitarian organizations to conduct an analysis in urban responses by understanding the political, social, economic, service delivery and spatial dynamics. The toolkit was developed based on a series of pilots by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in five urban crises contexts with a focus on displacement crises.

Learn more about the IRC in Salt Lake City's response to COVID-19 in Utah, our efforts to ensure refugee families continue to receive the critical services they need, and ways you can help refugees in our community over the coming weeks and months.

For refugees coming to the United States, the process of attaining citizenship is long and challenging.

Thank you for your interest in supporting the IRC in Oakland! Community support is key to helping newly arrived refugees thrive, and we welcome your help. Keep reading to learn about the different ways YOU can support newly arrived refugees and immigrants in our community.