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For this refugee mom and her son, baking is all about love
Meet Taghreed and her 9-year-old son Yousif, who share a sweet passion for baking. After fleeing from extremists in Iraq, the family was resettled by the International Rescue Committee in Seattle where Taghreed works as a professional pastry cook.
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- June 27, 2022
Crisis news in 60 seconds: Jan 2019
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.
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- June 27, 2022
The Refugee Crisis - Global Challenges, Local Solutions
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Dallas invites you to join us for a critical presentation, co-sponsored by SMU Embrey Human Rights Program, on the current refugee crisis and what the United States can do in response to the global crisis at home and abroad.
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- April 13, 2022
Lincy’s story: Fulfilling her dream
Persecuted as a transgender woman in Honduras and threatened by violent gangs, Lincy Sopall made a terrifying journey on foot and by freight train to the United States. With help from the International Rescue Committee, she not only found safety but also fulfilled her dream of starting a fashion business.
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- June 22, 2022
The world unites to show kindness to refugees from Ukraine
From the IRC's 2022 Global Virtual Event, watch to learn how the IRC and our partners help people impacted by the war in Ukraine. The International Rescue Committee helps people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
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- July 27, 2022
Refugee mother’s dream comes true
With the help of the International Rescue Committee’s dedicated staff in Baltimore, a refugee mother from Myanmar reunites with her son after spending 10 years apart. This was the Mother’s Day gift she had been dreaming of for a decade. Watch the moment when they finally meet again.
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- April 13, 2022
The story of newly resettled refugees and the IRC
The United States has a long tradition of offering refuge to those fleeing persecution and war. The International Rescue Committee has 28 offices across the country that support newly arrived refugees by providing immediate aid, including food, housing and medical attention. See how they help.
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- June 27, 2022
Meet Mustafa Hassan, one of TIME's 100 most influential people
Meet Mustafa Hassan, an International Rescue Committee aid worker named by Time magazine as one of the world’s 100 most influential people for his tireless efforts to protect the youngest victims of Syria’s civil war. Read Mustafa's story
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- June 22, 2022
The Prince of Wales, the IRC's UK Patron, shares a message of global unity
The Prince of Wales, the International Rescue Committee's UK patron, discusses the IRC's work in countries where the situation is most grave, where people are the most vulnerable and where the coronavirus threatens to run riot and wreak utter havoc—if we let it.
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- June 27, 2022
Correcting the record: Five reasons why the Biden administration should keep its commitments on refugee admissions and raise the cap to 62,500
On Friday, April 16, President Biden issued an Emergency Presidential Determination on Refugee Admissions for FY 2021, keeping the refugee admissions cap at the Trump-era, all-time low of 15,000 and restoring region-based admissions categories. Later that day, the administration clarified that a subsequent Determination would be issued on or before May 15 to increase the admissions cap. The International Rescue Committee outlines five key reasons President Biden must act quickly to prevent any further harm to the U.S. Refugee Admissions Program (USRAP) by setting an admissions cap of 62,500 refugees, as his administration previously proposed to Congress.
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- April 26, 2021