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Peru
The International Rescue Committee is on the ground in Peru providing support to Venezuelans as they try to rebuild their lives as well as members of host communities also in need.
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Uganda
The International Rescue Committee provides vital support to Ugandans who are rebuilding from decades of war while hosting a growing influx of refugees from South Sudan.
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United Kingdom
The International Rescue Committee provides integration support to refugees in England in partnership with local councils.
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David Miliband
David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee, is a former Foreign Secretary of the United Kingdom. As the son of refugees, he brings a personal commitment to the IRC's work.
- IRC-President
Greece
IRC Hellas is the International Rescue Committee's presence in Greece, working to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster, to survive, recover and gain control of their future.
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Lena Headey reunites with Marwa, a Syrian refugee in Germany
Game of Thrones actor and champion for refugees, Lena Headey, recently visited Germany with the International Rescue Committee. On her trip with us, Lena reunited with Marwa, a Syrian mother she met in a refugee settlement in Greece in 2016. Read HBO's interview with Lena about her trip.
- Video
- 26 October 2023
Video: Melina Koumpou on closed and controlled camps in Greece
Refugees should not be kept in closed and controlled camps but rather shared community settings. International Rescue Committee Advocacy Officer Melina Koumpou speaks from the Greek island of Samos where many refugees live isolated behind barbed wire in a closed controlled camp far from the nearest city.
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- 14 July 2022
Meet the refugees fighting misinformation on coronavirus in Italy
The International Rescue Committee has been using the Refugee.Info platform to dispel misinformation around coronavirus and keep refugees and asylum-seekers informed.
- Article
- 26 October 2023
Careers
Responding to the world’s worst humanitarian crises in a great variety of roles, the International Rescue Committee’s staff is a force for humanity and hope. If you’re skilled and passionate, we’d like to add your energy to ours.
- Current job opportunities with the IRC EU office.
The time is now: A plan to realise the potential of refugees in Greece
Supporting the integration of refugees has become an issue of priority for Greece. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), with longstanding experience in supporting refugees and asylum-seekers in many countries around the world, believes that integration is a pathway that, in order to be successful, should begin as soon as possible and should also be supported in a way that takes into account the strengths and needs of refugee women in particular. In this briefing, the IRC recommends that Greece seizes the opportunity of the ongoing negotiations on the next European Union (EU) Multi Annual Financial Framework6 to devise a pragmatic long-term integration strategy and an accompanying action plan to evaluate its progress, through measurable indicators.
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- 9 September 2020