Rohingya refugees are the world’s largest stateless group and one of the most persecuted. More than 745,000 Rohingya have fled persecution in Myanmar’s Rakhine State to Cox’s Bazar, a district in neighbouring Bangladesh. There, the International Rescue Committee and its partners provide health care and protection for women and girls. 

Fati fled Nigeria in 2014. After receiving training from the IRC, she now has ambitions to restart her business.

Every person arriving has their own story of why they've come to Europe. This is one of those stories – Audrey’s story.

Nearly a quarter of IRC staff members have been forced to flee their homes as a result of airstrikes and bombings in northwest Syria. This IRC staffer, a native of Syria, shares his heartbreaking story, and why, despite all, he stays to help save lives.

13-year-old Burundi girl Sylvana can dream again, now she is attending school in Nyarugusu refugee camp in Tanzania.

As COVID-19 spreads globally, people living in conflict zones with weak health systems will be hit hardest. These areas are home to displaced families and overcrowded refugee camps with limited resources. Just this week, the first reported case of this new coronavirus has been confirmed in Syria, which could lead to one of the most severe outbreaks in the world.

The IRC is responding to COVID-19 in Cox's Bazar in Bangladesh, home to more than 1 million Rohingya refugees.

Hear from IRC health workers around the world about their response to the coronavirus pandemic—and what gives them hope.

The coronavirus pandemic has overwhelmed even countries with advanced health care systems. But while Europe and the United States face shortages of ventilators, intensive care units (ICUs) and protective equipment, many countries affected by conflict and crisis have virtually none to begin with.

Refugees in Moria, Greece are crammed together in conditions that make it impossible to self-isolate