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Clients participate in programs inside the IRC office in Boise.

Stop public charge changes that harm immigrant families

December 11, 2018

Central American asylum seekers wait for buses to take them to Tijuana on the U.S.-Mexico border. Photo: Getty Images

Migrants, asylum seekers, refugees and immigrants: What’s the difference?

December 11, 2018

Learn the difference

Families seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border are detained

Central American caravans

Families seeking asylum from violence in Central America are not criminals

December 11, 2018

Asylum seekers are not criminals: what you need to know

December 7, 2018

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Ethiopian runner Tolassa Elemaa with his daughter after completing the New York City Marathon on Nov. 7, 2018

A refugee athlete's dream

Running for your life: From political prisoner to NYC marathoner

November 30, 2018

Who are refugees?

November 28, 2018

Reasons to give to the International Rescue Committee

November 27, 2018

Three children in Yemen

Americans agree—it's time to stop fueling the war in Yemen

November 26, 2018

Children in Congo

Kidnapped by soldiers at 15, these brave girls escaped to find their families

November 25, 2018

Crisis news in 60 seconds: Nov 2018

November 15, 2018

Hila fled Deir ez-Zor after the area was besieged by ISIS and her home was destroyed

Her family scattered by war, a Syrian grandmother struggles to survive

November 13, 2018

Venezuela's crisis deepens: 1 million refugees flee to Colombia

November 13, 2018

Violence in El Salvador

Why Central Americans join the caravan: ‘because there’s no scarier place than home’

November 8, 2018

Meet Tolassa: political prisoner, refugee, marathoner

November 7, 2018

Press releases

New nutrition analysis confirms children are being starved in Yemen

December 6, 2018

The LEGO Foundation awards $100 million to Sesame Workshop to bring the power of learning through play to children affected by the Rohingya and Syrian refugee crises

December 5, 2018

Yemen peace consultations: time for action

December 4, 2018

Ebola outbreak in DRC is second worst in history

November 29, 2018

New IRC/YouGov poll: As pressure mounts for Yemen ceasefire, US opinion united: end support to the war

November 26, 2018

Humanitarian CEOs to U.S. Government: We have no means left to avert a catastrophe, please act now to save Yemeni lives

November 26, 2018