The report provides an overview of the severe humanitarian consequences of the U.S. policies at the U.S.-Mexico border. The first year of the US Administration has demonstrated the real dangers of border externalization—both to vulnerable migrants in need of protection and to the humanitarian organizations working to protect their rights and meet their basic needs. The IRC urges the Biden Administration to end policies of border externalization and to take the necessary actions to build a safe, orderly, and humane asylum process. The IRC calls for an immediate end to Title 42 and MPP.

Nearly 4 years of war in Yemen has led to the largest humanitarian crisis in the world. The war has had a unique impact on women and girls, exacerbating pre-existing vulnerabilities and inequalities rooted in patriarchal structures and norms.