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An IRC staff member in Jordan looks over paperwork.
Coronavirus

Live updates: Go inside the IRC’s response to COVID-19

April 1, 2020
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Two refugees hold an American flag at a citizenship ceremony.
Civic engagement

U.S. census: How to make sure everyone counts despite COVID-19

March 31, 2020
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Video from Jordan

Delivering medicine to refugees amid the coronavirus pandemic

March 31, 2020
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Lincy Sopall seated in her workshop, drawing
Transgender Day of Visibility

"Leave and live or stay and die": Lincy’s story

March 31, 2020
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Video

Lincy’s story: Fulfilling her dream

March 31, 2020
Coronavirus

How to protect people in a refugee camp from COVID-19

March 30, 2020
A young refugee washes his hands at a tap in refugee camp where the International Rescue Committee works in Bangladesh.
Coronavirus
Refugees do not have the luxury of social distancing
March 26, 2020
An IRC health worker scans a man in Syria for fever
Coronavirus
How the IRC responds to COVID-19 in Syria and other conflict zones
March 25, 2020
Video

COVID-19 and the International Rescue Committee's response

March 20, 2020
A woman cleans her hands at the Alexandria refugee camp in northern Greece, July 14, 2016.
Health
Coronavirus: Who will be hit hardest by the outbreak?
March 19, 2020
Muska, left, from Afghanistan with her friend Mary.
Stories of Welcome
Birthdays and baby showers: a refugee's first friend in America
March 17, 2020
A 32-year-old man holds his 1 1/2 year-old daughter in Armanaz town in western Idlib.
Explainer
Who is left behind when the U.S. resettles fewer refugees?
March 17, 2020
Jacqueline Uwumeremyi, center, was resettled by the IRC in Boise, Idaho
Stories of Welcome
For the first time, this refugee mother experiences America’s embrace
March 17, 2020
IRC staff member Tecle Gebremicheal and friend Ryan Peck
Stories of Welcome
A refugee helps his American friend realize the value of his voice
March 17, 2020

Press releases

Deportations back to Central America risk virus spread and compounding vulnerabilities across the region, says IRC 
April 2, 2020
New COVID-19 Global Rapid Gender Analysis Addresses Concerns of Women and Girls in Pandemic
April 1, 2020
New IRC analysis reveals risk that coronavirus transmission rates in Moria, Al Hol and Cox's Bazar refugee camps could outpace those seen on the Diamond Princess cruise ship 
April 1, 2020
IRC staff member working in the Democratic Republic of Congo positive for COVID-19
March 31, 2020
Ceasefire and aid needed as 5 years of conflict & impending pandemic threaten Yemen
March 26, 2020
COVID-19 could decimate Libya, warns IRC
March 25, 2020

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