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Doctors care for children who are patients at an IRC diarrhea treatment center in Yemen

What is cholera?

October 3, 2017

The Tlas family from Syria at home in San Diego

#RefugeesWelcome

10 things President Trump doesn't understand about refugees

September 29, 2017

Here are the facts

Elderly woman at an IRC health clinic in Sittwe

Conditions inside Rakhine for Rohingya are increasingly grim

September 29, 2017

Hear from people on the ground

3 things you need to know about the Rohingya refugee crisis

September 29, 2017

Watch the video

11-year-old Alaa from Syria holds an American flag

Presidential determination

Why should America take in more refugees? Get the facts on the refugee cap

September 27, 2017

Volunteers work with refugees in an ESL class at the IRC resettlement office in New York

#RefugeesWelcome

How to help refugees in the United States: 12 ways to stand for welcome

September 26, 2017

Why Republicans and Democrats agreed on refugees—until now

September 20, 2017

Elmo, the Sesame Street Muppet, makes two Syrian refugee girls laugh

The IRC and Sesame Workshop bring education and hope to refugee children

September 19, 2017

Born in war, now at home in America

September 18, 2017

Entrepreneur Alia works at her desk at one of her business

Iraqi entrepreneurs

They escaped ISIS. Now these six determined women are rebuilding their lives.

September 18, 2017

A Syrian refugee girl napping inside a tent in Greece

Trump executive order

What is the travel ban? What does it mean for refugees?

September 18, 2017

A Rohingya mother carries her child to shore after fleeing Myanmar's Rakhine State.

Rohingya refugee crisis: Violence displaces thousands in Myanmar’s Rakhine State

September 15, 2017

13-year-old Mahmoud in Akkar, Lebanon

The boy who risked death to go to school

September 11, 2017

Travel ban strands a Somali family promised a new life in America

September 8, 2017

Press releases

As Raqqa fighting comes to an end, IRC concerned for civilians in other ISIS controlled areas

October 17, 2017

Kirkuk clashes brings fears for civilians in Iraq once again

October 16, 2017

The IRC mourns colleague killed in attack in Mogadishu

October 15, 2017

Report reveals dire needs of Rohingya refugees

October 10, 2017

As 60 Rohingya refugees reported to have drowned, IRC raises new humanitarian concerns

September 29, 2017

IRC appalled by reports of an “assimilation” test for vulnerable refugees

September 28, 2017