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Venezuela: An expectant mother's extreme journey to get health care
As economic collapse and political instability grip Venezuela, a pregnant woman wades across a river to neighboring Colombia for a prenatal checkup she can't get at home.
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- June 27, 2022
'In El Salvador, you don’t know if you’ll make it home alive at the end of the day'
Threatened by gangs in El Salvador, Valentina escaped danger by resettling to the United States. She tells her powerful story so others, like her, might have a chance at safety and freedom.
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- December 30, 2022
4 ways the war in Yemen has impacted women and girls
In Yemen after nearly a half-decade of war, 80 percent of the population is in need of aid. But it’s women and girls who have been hit hardest by the conflict.
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- August 31, 2022
Refugees in Europe
For decades European countries have offered a welcome to people fleeing terrible circumstances of war and persecution. Today the International Rescue Committee is not only speaking out, but also working in Greece, Germany and Serbia —and supporting 15 European countries in all—to ensure that vulnerable refugees can safely rebuild their lives.
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Families seeking asylum from violence in Central America are not criminals
As another caravan of Central American survivors of violence and abuse makes its way to the United States border, here’s what you need to know about the situation.
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- September 23, 2022
What happens to children who are separated from their parents?
Children who have been separated from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border as the result of a “zero-tolerance” immigration policy are at risk of toxic stress, which can have short- and long-term effects on their health, behavior and ability to learn. Here's what can be done to help.
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- June 27, 2022
David Miliband: 5 lessons that should be learned at the U.S.-Mexico border
President Trump’s recent Executive Order did not solve the family separation crisis. IRC humanitarian programs in some of the poorest places in the world tell us five things children and families need to survive and thrive that should be in place at the southern border.
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- June 27, 2022
How immigrants and refugees become U.S. citizens
Each year, more than 700,000 people become American citizens. Here’s how the process works.
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- August 2, 2022
Some of the boys rescued from a Thai cave are 'stateless.' What does that mean?
The world is celebrating the extraordinary rescue of the Wild Boars soccer team from a flooded cave network in the Mai Sai district of Thailand, but the incident has also shined a spotlight on a humanitarian crisis on the Thailand-Myanmar border that has been overlooked since the start of military rule in Myanmar in the 1960s.
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- June 27, 2022
Superman, a refugee's success story
You probably know the story of Superman. Born on the dying planet Krypton, baby Kal-El was rocketed to Earth with moments to spare, and was found and raised by a couple in Kansas who named him Clark Kent ... and the rest is comic-book history. Read more about Superman the refugee and force for humanity.
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- June 27, 2022