In addition to the catastrophic events of recent days, the Lebanese people have been faced with an economic collapse and increasing scarcity of food, as the country confronts a global pandemic.

“When I put on senahar, I feel happy in myself. I don’t feel sadness in my heart.”

As a humanitarian friend of The Walk, the International Rescue Committee is proud to welcome Little Amal - a 3.5 metre-tall puppet of a young refugee girl who represents all displaced children - to Brussels.

  On this page you will find a list of stories and articles detailing the experiences of refugees, asylum seekers, activists, IRC staff and clients and other people around the world as they survive, thrive, recover and rebuild their lives amidst humanitarian crises. Our stories are organised by regions.

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.  Through the years 1933 Varian Fry at his office in Marseilles in the spring of 1941.

The IRC collaborated with illustrator Paul Blow to depict the journeys of people making it along the Central Mediterranean Route.