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In a new era for aid, the IRC urges donors to focus on most vulnerable countries and proven, cost-effective solutions
- Press Release
- 7 May 2025
Millions of children at risk of preventable death without international support, warns IRC ahead of the Nutrition for Growth summit
- Press Release
- 24 March 2025
Pushing the boundaries: Insights into the EU’s response to mixed migration on the Central Mediterranean Route
This report aims to draw greater attention to the humanitarian crisis facing people on the move along the Central Mediterranean Route and includes the IRC's ‘Ten Point Action Plan’ for EU leaders to promote a values-driven approach to migration on the route.
- Report
- 11 July 2018
How education is changing lives of Afghan children in Pakistan
In Pakistan’s Balochistan province, Afghan refugee children live with constant uncertainty, facing limited access to education, unstable legal status, and the threat of deportation. With support from the European Union (EU), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) is providing safe learning spaces and protection services so children like 12-year-old Attiq Ullah can leave precarious work behind, return to the classroom, and imagine a safer future for themselves and their families.
- Article
- 17 December 2025
El Salvador
Northern Central America continues to experience a protracted humanitarian crisis, and the UN reports that more than 800,000 people are in need of protection services. The International Rescue Committee serves individuals and families in El Salvador who survive violence and displacement, as well as people who are at high risk of displacement, returnees, migrants and refugees. IRC and our partners implement programmes that provide immediate support such as information, cash transfer for food and shelter and psychological first aid. IRC El Salvador provides case management to women and child survivors of violence; operates safe spaces for women, children and the LGBTQ+ population; and works with national NGOs to implement proven community programs to reduce the risk of violence.
- Country
One year since Greece opened new “prison-like” refugee camps, NGOs call for a more humane approach
- Statement
- 26 October 2023
Mehdi's story
A 20 year-old Afghan refugee, Mehdi lives behind barbed wire in a camp on the Greek island of Samos where like so many he struggles with the mental health consequences of the prison-like life.
- Article
- 23 November 2023
Χωρίς ανεξάρτητους και αποτελεσματικούς μηχανισμούς, δεν διερευνώνται οι παραβιάσεις δικαιωμάτων στην Ελλάδα
- Press Release
- 21 June 2023
These illustrations reveal the human stories of the world’s most dangerous migration route
The IRC collaborated with illustrator Paul Blow to depict the journeys of people making it along the Central Mediterranean Route.
- Article
- 23 June 2023
One Size Does Not Fit All: Mitigating COVID-19 in Humanitarian Settings
COVID-19 has already overwhelmed health systems in high-income countries. As it spreads to fragile and crisisaffected countries, it threatens even greater devastation. There is a small window left to mount a robust response while COVID-19 is still in the early stages of spreading to these settings. COVID-19 is a global threat requiring a global response, but the steps to contain it should be designed locally, particularly in the crisis settings where the International Rescue Committee (IRC) works, to avoid exacerbating humanitarian suffering.
- Report
- 28 April 2020