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Meet Chadia, the Syrian refugee dinner lady serving smiles in Brighton
Chadia arrived with her family in the UK six years ago after fleeing Syria. Today she's working as a dinner lady at a local school in her new home, Brighton.
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- July 28, 2022
Supporting Refugees in the UK
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides specialist services for refugees, asylum seekers, and other vulnerable migrants. Our UK programmes help people fleeing from war, violence and persecution in countries like Syria, Ukraine, Afghanistan, Sudan and Iraq. We help new arrivals in the UK to navigate local services like healthcare and education and support them to find employment and gain the skills that will allow them to prosper in the UK.
Why it’s so important to provide refugees with integration support
For refugees and asylum seekers, finding safety and building a new life in the UK brings huge challenges. Having fled war, persecution, or disaster, refugees often have to leave behind their whole lives to start over.
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- January 11, 2024
United Kingdom
The International Rescue Committee provides integration support to refugees in England in partnership with local councils.
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Greece
Greece currently hosts approximately 50,000 refugees, most of whom will remain in the country. The International Rescue Committee ensures these refugees understand their rights and provides them with job training, and psychosocial support so that they can rebuild their lives.
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Refugee Elisabeth shares a spinach stew with beef and shrimp recipe
Earlier this year the IRC in Greece hosted cooking workshops for refugee and local women living on the island of Lesvos. Learn Elisabeth shares a spinach stew with beef and shrimp recipe.
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- June 30, 2022
Thailand
For more than three decades, refugees from Myanmar have sought safe haven in neighbouring Thailand. The International Rescue Committee is aiding more than 100,000 refugees in nine camps along the border.
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“My mum is my role model.” Meet the Syrian mother-daughter duo making a life here in the UK.
Hear from Marah and Razan, two generations of Syrian refugee women on their hopes for their future in the UK
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- August 1, 2022
Mandy Patinkin with Syrian refugees: "Just give them a welcome"
Actor and activist Mandy Patinkin recently witnessed firsthand the refugee crisis engulfing Europe. Alongside International Rescue Committee aid workers in Greece, he met families who had fled Syria and other wartorn countries in hopes of finding a better life for their children in Europe. “Standing with them, I did not see strangers to be feared but the faces and stories of my own family.
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- July 13, 2022
How to help refugees from Ukraine
Find out what is happening to refugees from Ukraine, where are they going and how to help.
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- June 30, 2022