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Two Syrian women plumbers in Jordan

Syrian entrepreneurs in exile

The plumber: an unexpected path

September 28, 2016

Read Safaa's story

Video: One refugee family’s road to a new life in the United States

September 21, 2016

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Syrian beekeeping family in Jordan

Syrian entrepreneurs in exile

The beekeeper: honey sweetens the hardship

September 21, 2016

Read Um Laith's story

Airman 1st Class Nelson Versailles Rieu

Living the dream while serving the country

September 20, 2016

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Syrian family in Alexandria refugee camp in Greece.

Refugee backlash

Seven common myths about refugee resettlement in the United States

September 19, 2016

Refugee resettlement

From life in limbo to refuge in Utah

September 17, 2016

#ChooseHumanity

Meet the 1%: An inside look at refugee resettlement

September 16, 2016

Think Tank TV: Combating malnutrition in South Sudan

September 15, 2016

Iraqi family forced to flee home in the outskirts of Mosul to escape from ISIS violence.

Iraq: Why Mosul will hit the headlines

September 9, 2016

Children in Afghanistan

Afghanistan: What you need to know about one of the world’s longest refugee crises

September 8, 2016

Syrian woman with her young grandson in Jordan

A Syrian grandmother finds hope in Jordan

September 7, 2016

Six-month-year-old Falmata Usman with severe malnutrition

As thousands finally escape from Boko Haram terror, a food crisis lingers

September 6, 2016

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.

Rescue timeline - 1940

Rescuing the Nazis’ “most wanted”

September 6, 2016

Refugees stranded

A year of broken promises

September 2, 2016

Press releases

Dozens injured as IRC-supported hospital hit by shelling in Eastern Aleppo

September 28, 2016

Hunger stalks north eastern Nigeria as governments and donors to West Africa’s Lake Chad Basin crisis meet in New York

September 23, 2016

The IRC reacts to President Obama’s Refugee Summit

September 21, 2016

Gov. Abbott’s plan to withdraw from resettlement program is out of touch with Texas values

September 21, 2016

Refugees are human beings, not Skittles

September 20, 2016

Syria: Attack on Aid Convoy is Attack on All of Us

September 20, 2016