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Get the latest news, photos and videos spotlighting the world's worst humanitarian crises and the International Rescue Committee's work helping people devastated by conflict and disaster.

News & features

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    Resilient Futures

    Meet Lorayne: Building a new life and new business in Mexico

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  • Lydia poses for a portrait.
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    Empowering entrepreneurs: the Resilient Futures program

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  • Varian Fry led an incredibly complex and dangerous operation to rescue thousands of people from Nazi-controlled France at the height of World War II.
    IRC history

    Varian Fry’s Holocaust rescue network and the origins of the IRC

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  • Somali refugee Zainab holds megaphone to raise awareness of women's rights
    2023 Watchlist

    Guardrails against crisis: creating the 2023 Emergency Watchlist

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  • Amin, a coffee farmer holding the branches of the coffee tree destroyed by the severe drought.
    Watchlist 2023
    How much do you know about the world’s worst crises?
    January 11, 2023
  • Amina standing facing camera at Torotorow IDP camp
    East Africa drought
    In their own words: displaced by drought in Somalia
    December 29, 2022
  • People walking across a snow-coated landscape in Afghanistan
    Watchlist 2023
    Afghanistan: An entire population pushed into poverty
    December 22, 2022
  • Marina stands next to her husband while holding their son. In the background is their home that was destroyed by the war.
    Winter in Ukraine
    What Ukrainians need to survive winter
    December 1, 2022
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    Emergency response
    Crisis Watch: Breaking news from the IRC
    October 21, 2020
  • Sarah speaks to an IRC staff member in Iraq.
    Iraq
    Five years on, a displaced Iraqi woman rebuilds her life
    December 16, 2022
  • A woman standing in the Somalia desert.
    Watchlist 2023
    The top 10 crises the world can’t ignore in 2023
    December 14, 2022
  • Mother stands holding her 12 month baby, in Daryel Shabellow IDP camp, Somalia.
    Watchlist 2023
    Crisis in Somalia: Catastrophic hunger amid drought and conflict
    December 13, 2022
  • Refugee children sit on the ground in a circle playing witha puppet of the Sesame Street character Grover, a blue monster.
    1 million reached
    How the IRC and Sesame Workshop are reaching a generation at risk in the Middle East
    December 8, 2022
  • Ukrainian refugees gather in a tent at the Medyka border crossing point in Poland.
    Ukraine Crisis
    Ukraine war: What are the impacts on the world today?
    August 23, 2022

Press releases

  • Operational Note: Update on IRC's Operations in Afghanistan as of February 1st

    February 1, 2023
  • IRC: Pope Francis visit to Congo and South Sudan is a unique opportunity for world leaders to address worsening humanitarian crises as needs spiral

    January 30, 2023
  • As Yemen enters the 9th year of conflict, IRC calls on the international community to match funding with increasing humanitarian need

    January 28, 2023
  • Poland: Amendments to Ukrainian refugee hosting laws showcase the need for continued humanitarian support

    January 27, 2023
  • IRC calls for international community not to forget the Lake Chad Basin as leaders convene for pledging conference

    January 23, 2023
  • Six months on since the Pakistan floods, 8.6 million people are facing hunger; IRC calls for world leaders to address the imbalance of climate change

    January 22, 2023
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