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A boy looks on as other children behind sit by a fire inside a tent at a flooded camp for displaced Syrians near the village of Killi in the north of the northwestern Idlib province on December 5, 2019. (Photo by Aaref WATAD / AFP) (Photo by AAREF WATAD/A

Syrians in Idlib are once again fearing for their lives

January 16, 2020

Texas tries to close its doors to refugees, but you can stand for welcome

January 14, 2020

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A mother rocks her sick child in a camp in Badghis' Muqur district.

Humanitarian aid

The top 10 crises the world should be watching in 2020

January 7, 2020

An IRC aid worker in Nigeria holds up a 'thank you' sign in a still from video thanking IRC donors

#RefugeesWelcome

Thank you from all of us at the IRC

December 31, 2019

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Cibel, a refugee from Venezuela, with her baby Diana, named after an International Rescue Committee nurse

Refugees in Colombia

A Venezuelan family reunited: Cibel’s story

December 30, 2019

A Syrian boy walks across muddy ground amid tents in Idlib

Crisis in Idlib

In photos: Syrians brace for a bitter winter as violence intensifies

December 28, 2019

Alex Cruz stands outside at the International Rescue Committee welcome center in Phoenix, Arizona

Meet Alex Cruz: a 21-year-old who refuses to turn her back on asylum seekers

December 27, 2019

"My job is the only reason I get up in the morning"

December 27, 2019

A Mexican child looks at a vehicle of the US border patrol through the US-Mexico fence in Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua state, Mexico on April 4, 2018. Photo: HERIKA MARTINEZ/AFP/Getty Images

What you wanted to know about refugees and crises in 2019

December 23, 2019

Rosary, barrette, toy frog: asylum seekers' only treasures from home

December 23, 2019

Girls in a classroom in Yemen

4 ways the war in Yemen has impacted women and girls

December 20, 2019

Crisis in Nigeria

This teacher uses mindfulness to help children recover from war

December 20, 2019

Education in emergencies

Rescue Facts: The promise of education

December 19, 2019

A mother in Yemen sits with her twin daughters

“The war destroyed our dreams”: Four mothers in Yemen speak out

December 19, 2019

Press releases

The US must re-designate TPS for Somalia until the country recovers

January 17, 2020

IRC warns Libya is at “breaking point” ahead of Sunday’s Berlin conference in call to put those caught up in conflict at the heart of the talks

January 17, 2020

The Latest Central American Caravan is a symptom of an even larger crisis, says IRC

January 16, 2020

Injured civilians in South Sudan attacked while being rushed to hospital for lifesaving care in IRC ambulance

January 16, 2020

650,000 civilians may be forced to flee their homes if the escalation in northwest Syria continues, the IRC warns

January 16, 2020

IRC welcomes temporary injunction on Trump administration policy allowing local governments to block refugees

January 15, 2020