This report builds on the International Rescue Committee’s previous reports "In Search of Work" and "Still In Search of Work", which reviewed progress on livelihoods commitments made by host and donor countries through the Jordan Compact from 2016 to mid 2018.

As the war in Syria enters its seventh year, students from the Sage International School in Boise wrote uplifting letters to Syrian children half a world away. Read all the letters.

Get the latest on how the IRC is supporting people.

When he visited the Greek island of Lesbos, actor and IRC ambassador Mandy Patinkin bonded with a Syrian family living in a refugee camp. More than a year later, he returned to Europe with his wife, Kathryn Grody, to pay a visit to the family, who have started a new life in Germany. 

Since 2011 the ongoing war in Syria, which was worsened by the earthquake near the border between Türkiye in February 2023, has displaced around 1.5 million Syrians into Lebanon. Protection intervention is still of vital importance for countless affected families - and especially for adolescent girls.

Each year the IRC in San Diego resettles approximately 1,000 refugees with the majority coming from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Somalia in recent years. By September 30, we expect as many as 500 individuals, mostly Syrian, to reach their new homes in San Diego.

After nearly five years fleeing the violence that overtook their hometown of Hama, Syria, Noor and his wife have finally reached a place where they can provide their children with a future full of opportunity.

Learn how Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee are changing the lives of young refugees and displaced children across the Middle East.