Refugees boost the US economy through work, taxes, and entrepreneurship, generating $123.8B in net fiscal benefits (2005-2019) while strengthening communities.

After fleeing political persecution in Holguin, Cuba, Ramon was welcomed by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Tallahassee, who provided housing, financial assistance, and job support. Through the IRC’s programs, he learned budgeting and credit skills, bought a car, and worked toward having his degree recognized in the U.S. Within five months, Ramon secured a position at Capital City Bank, where he’s building a stable, independent, and hopeful future.

Originally from Ukraine, Olesia arrived in the U.S. as a Ukrainian Humanitarian Parolee in August 2024, determined to rebuild her career and life. Through the IRC’s Career Development program and the Pharmacy Technician cohort with Innovative Pharmacy Solution, she gained new skills and adapted to the U.S. workforce. After impressing recruiters during an IRC-hosted event with Children’s Hospital of Atlanta, Olesia was hired as a pharmacy technician and is now working toward certification to advance her career.

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IRC CEO and President David Miliband reaffirms the organization's commitment to evidence-based, cost-effective interventions that help people in crisis survive, recover and rebuild their lives.

Protection monitoring is the systematic and regular collection, verification, and analysis of information over an extended period of time, in order to identify violations of rights and protection risks for populations of concern, in order to enable prevention and inform effective responses. It means collecting primary and/or secondary data and analyzing it over time to identify trends in the needs expressed and risks faced by the populations of concern. Protection monitoring is an important tool for both interventions and advocacy. Collecting and sharing high-quality information on these issues is essential to making sure that we are able to continue to improve our ability to respond to these needs through programming, referrals, and advocacy activities. The Protection Monitoring Report is produced on a quarterly basis, representing the result of IRC Italy's endeavors to enhance its protection monitoring activities, aiming to systematically and regularly monitor the protection situation of people met and supported. The report captures the profiles, vulnerabilities, protection risks, and needs of people supported by IRC in Italy, together with significant migration-related context updates covering the whole country. In particular, it focuses and provides numbers and insights on people supported by IRC's digital information service, Refugee.Info and individuals arriving from the Balkan route via land in the city of Trieste, at the border between Italy and Slovenia.