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Child held by a mother in Nagorno-Karabakh

Emergency response

Crisis Watch: Breaking news from the International Rescue Committee

December 3, 2020

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Two new citizens take their oath. They are standing in a large group of people and holding up their right hands.

Tracking Joe Biden's plans for refugees, asylum seekers and COVID-19

December 2, 2020

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International Rescue Committee aid worker speaks with a family in a refugee camp in Greece

Reasons to give to the International Rescue Committee

November 30, 2020

An IRC staff member fills a bucket at a water point in Ethiopia

What is happening in Ethiopia’s Tigray region?

November 28, 2020

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IRC Celebrity Ambassadors

Why I support the IRC’s work with refugees

November 24, 2020

Two female women's rights activists from the Democratic Republic of Congo stand on the steps of the U.S. Capitol on a visit to Washington, DC in 2016

#16Days of activism

How you can help end violence against women and girls

November 20, 2020

Hillary Clinton: Why I’m proud to support the International Rescue Committee

November 17, 2020

With her family stuck in Syria, a refugee has a message for Joe Biden

November 11, 2020

David Miliband on continuing to stand with refugees

November 9, 2020

Two women hug while one holds a small child. We see one of their faces, she is smiling.

What does a Joe Biden presidency mean for refugees and asylum seekers?

November 7, 2020

A newly naturalized citizen at a citizenship ceremony holds her baby and a small American flag. Both are smiling.

The stakes for refugees in the U.S. election

November 4, 2020

Maha al-Obaidi stands in front of a government building holding an American flag.

Refugees welcome

Putting down roots: An Iraqi refugee becomes an American citizen

November 2, 2020

A refugee gains her citizenship—and fights to make her family whole

November 2, 2020

An IRC community health worker and refugee from Myanmar visits a woman in a refugee camp in Bangladesh with information about COVID-19.

Coronavirus response

How do we fight the COVID-19 "infodemic" to keep people safe?

October 30, 2020

Press releases

Experts declare ‘famine like conditions’ for almost 17,000 people in Yemen, warns IRC

December 3, 2020

IRC calls for truly global COVID-19 action and global ceasefire ahead of UN General Assembly Session on Covid-19

December 3, 2020

New UN data shows 40% increase in people in need; IRC calls on world leaders to step up and fund frontline response

December 1, 2020

Luminaries Share A Heartfelt Message Compelling Audiences to Donate On Giving Tuesday in support of the International Rescue Committee

November 30, 2020

IRC statement regarding massacre in Borno state, Northeast Nigeria

November 30, 2020

As tensions rise in Mekelle, Ethiopia, IRC warns of impending humanitarian disaster

November 27, 2020