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Refugees call on Congress to fight for welcome

Meet our Refugee Voices

Crisis news in 60 seconds: May 2019

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David Miliband: Eyewitness to the fight against Ebola

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Meet the refugee chef opening the first Ivorian restaurant in Athens

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Salvadoran family in San Jose resettled by the IRC

Like mother, like daughter: Salvadoran family dedicate their lives to helping others

Why Syrian mothers are proud of their daughters

A woman collects food and emergency aid from IRC staff in Zimbabwe after Cyclone Idai

How the IRC responds rapidly to a cyclone

Central American family with a baby at an IRC day center in Phoenix, Ariz.

Stand for welcome

10 items asylum seekers at the U.S. border need most

A Central American child sits on his mother's lap at an IRC day center for asylum seekers in Arizona

What is causing the growing humanitarian crisis along the U.S.-Mexico border?

Smart, creative and strong

Syrian moms share what they love most about their daughters

Crisis news in 60 seconds: April 2019

Seeking safety at the border

What asylum seekers ask when they are released from U.S. detention

Inside the IRC's center for families seeking asylum

Khal, a 10-month-old boy from Eritrea, sits on his mother's lap in the Community Development Center in Tripoli, Libya

What’s happening in Libya? Five facts you need to know.

Press releases

The IRC responds to new U.S. family separation figures

The IRC responds to Trump Administration’s immigration proposal with report on new Americans’ contributions to US economy

New IRC Analysis: Refugees, New Americans Pursuing In-Demand Jobs in United States’ Tightest Labor Markets

Yemen: Positive step for the people as withdrawal from Hodeidah promised

As Ebola cases spike, IRC’s David Miliband visits DRC: “The situation is far more dangerous than the statistic of 1000 deaths, itself the second largest in history, suggests”

Unprecedented number of people forced to flee home in Burkina Faso; IRC launches response