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A Mexican mother wearing pink pants and a purple shirt stands with her arms around her young daughter, who has a long braid, in a hallway. They are asylum seekers in an IRC welcome center.

Is it legal to cross the U.S. border to seek asylum?

A Ukrainian mother in winter clothes holds her bundled-up baby at a Ukraine-Poland border crossing point.

How can I help Ukraine?

Donate, speak out and get the facts

Saeed, a 5-year-old Syrian boy born with Down's Syndrome, stands in front of a poster with Sesame Street characters.

Saeed’s smile: ‘Disability should never be a reason for exclusion’

A close up of Anastasiia standing in a field wearing winter clothes

Anastasiia’s story: Life after fleeing Ukraine

A young boy with severe acute malnutrition receives treatment at the Banadir District Hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia.

5 things you think you know about famine, and the actual facts

A mother in Niger sits on a mat feeding her baby, who is being monitored by the IRC for signs of malnutrition.

Why millions of people across Africa are facing extreme hunger

Stream for the International Rescue Committee

A woman looks at the camera with her arms around her two sons. All are wearing winter clothes.

What it’s like to be a mother fleeing Ukraine

Photojournalist Mohammad Anwar Danishyar stands in front of a forest in the evening.

#RefugeesWelcome

An Afghan photojournalist on the stories of those forced to flee

Refugees with small pieces of luggage who fled Ukraine pass through an industrial area after crossing the border into Poland.

Crisis in Ukraine

Ukraine crisis information and resources

A Ukrainian family embraces at a Ukraine-Poland border crossing next to a van.

How does the IRC respond to an emergency like Ukraine?

A lantern that has moon symbol on top and small plate of dates fruit with night sky and city bokeh light background for the Muslim feast of the holy month of Ramadan.

Afghan refugees

Celebrating Ramadan after fleeing Afghanistan

A young girl wearing a red winter coat stands in a red tent, peering out.

What Ukraine's children need amid the trauma of war

A young woman, with her back to the camera, sits at a desk and types on her laptop.

Afghans in the U.S.

A young Afghan computer programmer builds her new life

Press releases

Court injunction to prevent end of Title 42 will continue to endanger thousands fleeing harm

Déclaration sur la libération du personnel de l'IRC en RDC

Statement on the release of IRC staff in the DRC

The IRC responds to the Ukraine supplemental funding bill

IRC: G7 must take concerted action to fight global hunger crisis

Civil Society Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Urban Conflict (2022)