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What happens to school during a crisis? Take our quiz

December 6, 2019

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Congolese refugee family outside home in Arizona

Refugees in America

A refugee’s dream of home comes true after 20 years

December 6, 2019

Two Venezuelan mothers' dreams for their children

December 5, 2019

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Andrea Rodriguez with her husband and two daughters in their home in Venezuela.

Venezuela crisis

“I see my children happy here”: Andrea’s new life in Colombia

December 5, 2019

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Finally together in America

December 4, 2019

An asylum-seeking family from Central America at an International Rescue Committee welcome center shelter in Phoenix, Arizona.

Stand with asylum seekers

Inside a welcome center for asylum seekers in the U.S.

December 4, 2019

Refugees in America

Rescue Facts: the cost of cutting refugees

December 3, 2019

Syrian sisters resettled in Baltimore

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How the U.S. refugee vetting and resettlement process really works

December 2, 2019

Congolese refugees Devin and Nadine await family members arriving at Boise Airport.

Refugees in America

After 15 years in a refugee camp, this Congolese family is finally together in America

December 2, 2019

The IRC and Sesame Workshop

How Muppets are teaching emotional coping tactics to refugee children

November 25, 2019

Wahida's journey across the Mediterranean Sea

November 25, 2019

Mia Farrow with International Rescue Committee nutrition program staff in Chad.

Mia Farrow: Eyewitness to a better way to treat malnutrition

November 21, 2019

Patrick Stewart: Millions of refugees need our help

November 19, 2019

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

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

November 18, 2019

Press releases

The LEGO Foundation Awards US$100 Million Grant to the International Rescue Committee to Bring Learning through Play to Children Impacted by Crises in Ethiopia and Uganda

December 10, 2019

US expansion of anti-asylum policy in Arizona will turn more people back toward harm

December 3, 2019

Failure to end civil war in Yemen could cost $29 billion

December 2, 2019

As displacement spikes in Burkina Faso, IRC assessment finds risk of growing health crisis

November 26, 2019

Now is the time to seize progress in Yemen and end the war

November 21, 2019

IRC welcomes UK government decision to repatriate British citizens trapped in Syria

November 21, 2019