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A central American girl holds a book at the U.S. border near San Diego

Behind the headlines

Fact check: What is the national emergency? Do we need a wall?

February 15, 2019

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Crisis news in 60 seconds: Feb 2019

February 14, 2019

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Meet Simon and Esther

The inspirational couple you need to read about this Valentines’ Day

February 14, 2019

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Refugees Welcome

Which U.S. presidents supported refugees? Take the quiz.

February 14, 2019

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Fariba's a refugee designer-maker taking business into her own hands

February 13, 2019

For this student, violence in El Salvador was akin to war

February 7, 2019

A Honduran couple and their five children, heading to the U.S. in a caravan, wait to cross into Mexico

Central American caravans

Fact check: Is there a crisis at the border?

February 6, 2019

5 U.S. presidents who stood with refugees

February 5, 2019

A Venezuelan family living on the street in Bogota, Colombia

Refugees in Colombia

Venezuela's hidden crisis: its children's unknown futures

February 5, 2019

Venezuela: a crisis that 'breaks a mother's soul'

January 30, 2019

Morena Baccarin in Cucuta, Colombia

Morena Baccarin's eyewitness account of Venezuela's refugee crisis

January 29, 2019

Meet a refugee father in Colombia selling ice cream to survive

January 29, 2019

Crisis news in 60 seconds: Jan 2019

January 28, 2019

Could you imagine being a refugee in the winter?

January 25, 2019

Press releases

IRC responds to U.S. Emergency Declaration, reports of forcible return of children to Mexico

February 14, 2019

The IRC responds to the State of the Union

February 6, 2019

Celebrity chef, television personality, restaurateur, and entrepreneur, Andrew Zimmern, named an IRC Voice

January 30, 2019

Ceasefire in Hodeidah, Yemen on verge of failing as clashes continue

January 29, 2019

International Rescue Committee Calls on the U.S. to Rescind the Flawed and Dangerous ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy

January 25, 2019

Election-related violence in Democratic Republic of Congo forces IRC to temporarily suspend life-saving Ebola response programming

December 29, 2018