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Superman, a refugee's success story 

June 20, 2019
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Dear Elie Wiesel, a letter from Mandy Patinkin

June 17, 2019
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Dear Freddie Mercury, a letter from Lena Headey

June 17, 2019
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Dear Albert Einstein, a letter from Keegan-Michael Key

June 17, 2019
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Watch three stars’ special video letter to famous refugees
June 17, 2019
"The Metropolitan Museum of Art - NYC" by S©'rates is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 2.0
The power of welcome
Imagine a museum wall without Chagall
June 17, 2019
Video

Dear Refugees, we stand with you

June 17, 2019
Marc Chagall
The power of welcome
Painting a picture of hope: artist and refugee Marc Chagall
June 17, 2019
Stories of welcome
This family gained a new member when they invited a Sudanese refugee to live with them
June 14, 2019
E=mc2
Refugees Welcome
6 things that were invented by refugees
June 7, 2019
Albert Einstein
Stand with refugees
Famous refugees
June 6, 2019
Salvadoran refugee family in Dallas
Refugees in America
‘It’s not hardship, but humanity, that defines us’
June 4, 2019
A health worker in the Democratic Republic of Congo puts on his protective mask to care for potential Ebola patients
Crisis Watch
What it will take to tackle Ebola in the Democratic Republic of Congo
June 4, 2019
A Syrian child at a displacement camp in the village of al-Ghadfa in southeast Idlib. Photo: NAZEER AL-KHATIB/AFP/Getty Images
War in Syria
Syria’s next humanitarian disaster: Idlib
May 30, 2019

Press releases

IRC’s David Miliband responds to new record number of 70.8 million refugees and displaced people around the world
June 19, 2019
New IRC analysis of US Refugee Resettlement shows vastly reduced arrivals at a time of record global need and consistent popular support; Refugees targeted by country-of-origin, Muslim arrivals facing sharpest decline
June 18, 2019
IRC staff member killed in eastern Niger village attack; IRC volunteer killed in explosion in Borno State, Nigeria
June 17, 2019
International Rescue Committee Brings Together A-List Celebrities and Major Museums to Spotlight the Contributions of Refugees and the Importance of Welcome
June 17, 2019
Ebola outbreak in Democatic Republic of Congo and Uganda not declared an international emergency
June 14, 2019
IRC Voice Piper Perabo visits asylum seekers in Phoenix, Arizona; calls for the U.S. Government to support vulnerable families
June 14, 2019

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