Darfur: Race against time
A decade after the start of the Darfur conflict in Sudan, thousands of people are fleeing new violence — settling in an area of neigboring Chad that will soon become inaccessible to aid during the rainy season.
Reuniting Syrian Families
Close to half the refugees at Zaatari camp in Jordan are children, and many have crossed the border from Syria without close family members. IRC teams are there to welcome them.
Syria Crisis
More than two years and 1.5 million refugees on, Syria's civil war threatens the entire Middle East with a humanitarian disaster. The IRC is providing support to tens of thousands of refugees and displaced Syrians.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) responds to the world’s worst humanitarian crises and helps people to survive and rebuild their lives. At work in over 40 countries and 22 U.S. cities to restore safety, dignity and hope, the IRC leads the way from harm to home.
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The Senate Judiciary Committee approved a broad overhaul of United States immigration laws on Tuesday. Your calls and emails made an enormous difference to our ability to advocate against changes that would weaken or eliminate protections for refugees.
A woman awaits a checkup at an IRC clinic inside Syria. Syria's civil war has caused widespread damage to hospitals and clinics, with the result that access to medical care has been severely reduced.
Heidi Lehmann is director of the IRC's women's protection and empowerment programs. In a new video for the NoVo Foundation, she shares her motivation for being part of the movement to end violence against women and girls.
IRC teams in Chad are trucking emergency water supplies into the country’s Tissi region to aid thousands of refugees who fled there in recent months to escape worsening violence in Darfur, Sudan.
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Voices for the IRC
Sarah Wayne Callies stars in the AMC television series "The Walking Dead." A long-time supporter of the IRC, she says she is impressed by the bravery, dedication and generosity of those she's met on her visits to IRC programs in Thailand, Jordan, Iraq and the United States.
IRC in the Press
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In Focus
David Miliband named next International Rescue Committee President"The IRC’s mission is personal for me because my own parents were refugees."
