×

Search form

Latest

Get the latest news, photos and videos spotlighting the world's worst humanitarian crises and the International Rescue Committee's work helping people devastated by conflict and disaster.

Christelle Igihozo with her friends Janna Brown and Charlee Andree
Stories of welcome

An aspiring actress, and refugee, helps her friends believe in themselves

September 17, 2020
Read the article
New U.S. citizens taking an oath
Refugees in America

How immigrants and refugees become U.S. citizens

September 16, 2020
Get the facts
In the IRC's Welcome Center for asylum seekers, a husband and wife sit with their back to the camera as they discuss their journey as asylum seekers. The wife is holding their 2-year-old daughter.
Explainer

How the Trump Administration is using COVID-19 to end asylum

September 16, 2020
Read the article
Lilian Dawa in Bidi Bidi, Uganda
South Sudan refugee crisis

A mother shares her strength in the face of a vicious war

September 15, 2020
Read Lilian's story
Crisis in Greece
I've seen what's happening on Lesbos and it's shameful
September 14, 2020
Jacqueline Uwumeremyi, center, was resettled by the IRC in Boise, Idaho
Stories of Welcome
For the first time, this refugee mother experiences America’s embrace
September 10, 2020
Presidential determination
Why should America take in more refugees? Get the facts on the refugee cap.
September 10, 2020
Video

A refugee helps to protect his community from COVID-19

September 3, 2020
Two men push children in wheelbarrows past damage from the Aug 4, 2020 explosion in Beirut, Lebanon. Getty photo
Crisis in Lebanon
IRC responds to Beirut explosion: live updates
September 3, 2020
fish and chips
Refugees Welcome
7 things that were invented by refugees
September 3, 2020
Dr. Rasha Rashed, a doctor and reproductive health manager for the IRC in Yemen, stands in a room with media supplies. She is wearing a red and white scarf and an IRC-branded vest.
World Humanitarian Day
From Lebanon to Ethiopia, humanitarians confront crises on top of COVID-19
August 19, 2020
In memoriam
World Humanitarian Day: Remembering Luka Filibus
August 18, 2020
Video

What gives us hope during the COVID-19 pandemic

August 14, 2020
A woman signs a form offered by a female IRC aid worker wearing a mask as a COVID-19 precaution while distributing emergency cash assistance.
Crisis in Lebanon
What do people in Beirut need after the explosion?
August 14, 2020

Press releases

Deadly malaria and cholera outbreaks grow amongst refugees as COVID pandemic strains health systems, warns IRC
September 22, 2020
As the U.S. reaches 200,000 COVID-19 deaths, IRC expresses concern for U.S. ability to protect vulnerable populations at home and abroad
September 20, 2020
As Mike Pompeo visits Colombia tomorrow, the International Rescue Committee raises the alarm on ongoing social unrest, increasing xenophobia and a worsening economy, and calls for greater funding
September 18, 2020
The IRC and tech partners launch digital initiative to combat misinformation for Venezuelan refugees and displaced populations in Colombia
September 17, 2020
Federal Court’s termination of TPS leaves 300,000 in limbo; risks further destabilization of multiple countries
September 14, 2020
As the threat of resettlement postponement looms, IRC urges the Trump Administration to set refugee admissions cap to at least 95,000 by September 30
September 11, 2020

Visit our media center