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The top 10 crises the world should be watching in 2021
The 2021 Emergency Watchlist reveals the world is facing unprecedented humanitarian emergencies—as well as a political crisis of inaction by world leaders. Learn more and see how you can help.
- Article
- July 28, 2023
How does the IRC respond to an emergency like Ukraine?
As over 3 million people are forced to flee Ukraine, get the facts on how the IRC responds when fast-moving humanitarian crises hit–and find out how you can help.
- Article
- August 11, 2022
DEC Appeals
The DEC brings together 15 leading aid charities, including the IRC, and raises funds to respond to disasters quickly and effectively. Member charities are experts in humanitarian aid and specialists in different areas of disaster response.
- Article
- October 17, 2024
Crisis in Ethiopia: New conflict threatens the region
Ethiopia features on the International Rescue Committee's annual Emergency Watchlist for the third year in a row but rises into the top five for the first time due to escalating conflict. Here's what you need to know about the humanitarian emergency in Ethiopia.
- Article
- September 14, 2022
IRC response to 100 million people displaced globally
- Press Release
- July 14, 2022
Crisis in Haiti: Gang violence’s vice grip amidst political turmoil
Haiti features on the IRC’s Emergency Watchlist for the third year in a row. Here’s why.
- Article
- June 5, 2024
Somalia, Ethiopia and Afghanistan top IRC’s Emergency Watchlist 2023
- Press Release
- December 14, 2022
Nepal earthquake response in photos
After Nepal's worst earthquake in 80 years, thousands of quake victims received emergency assistance from the International Rescue Committee’s partner organisation in Nepal, Association for Aid and Relief, Japan (AAR).
- Slideshow
- September 16, 2022
IRC joins call for urgent action to step up response to escalating crisis in Haiti
- Press Release
- March 27, 2023
How the Emergency Rescue Committee became the International Rescue Committee and where we are today
Netflix’s Transatlantic tells the story of how Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee helped thousands of refugees flee France during World War II. Read how the organisation became the International Rescue Committee and how we’ve continued to support people facing conflict and crisis for the past 90 years. 1933 Varian Fry at his office in Marseilles in the spring of 1941.
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