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The United States has always had bipartisan support for refugees, with the average admissions ceiling exceeding 95,000. But the recent presidential determination drops that ceiling to an all-time low of 30,000. Find out why this is alarming and take action. 

The International Rescue Committee has partnered with Richard Curtis—renowned filmmaker and advocate for the sustainable development goals set by the United Nations—to produce a short film that explains how world leaders can turn the tables on extreme poverty, injustice and climate change. Learn more on why we must act now to achieve critical sustainable development goals by 2030. 

International Rescue Committee president David Miliband recently visited Yemen, where he heard harrowing stories of aid workers being evacuated from the city of Hodeidah. He also saw the dire impacts of malnutrition and a dearth of health supplies in a country the United Nations says is threatened by the worst famine in 100 years.

This month, the International Rescue Committee's crisis news roundup looks at record-low refugee admissions in the U.S., the thousands of people fleeing Venezuela, and the difficulties stopping the spread of Ebola in the Democratic Republic Congo.

Yousra has cancer in her left eye and is trapped by war in Yemen. While she is being treated at an IRC-supported clinic for malnutrition, there are no doctors left who can treat her cancer. Watch and share her story.

Idlib is the only part of Syria still controlled by opposition groups after seven years of war. Many people here have fled other areas of the country and are now living in desperate conditions. If the fighting starts again, they could face the worst humanitarian crisis of the conflict. Watch and share.

Conditions inside Venezuela continue to deteriorate—a million Venezuelans have now sought refuge in Colombia, and this number could double in the next six months. Many are being forced to undertake desperate measures, including sex work, to earn money to survive.

This month, the International Rescue Committee's crisis news roundup looks at the looming famine threatening millions in war-torn Yemen, an asylum ban that could harm families in the caravan fleeing Central America, and the reasons why now is not the right time to return Rohingya refugees to Myanmar. 

1 in 7 girls in the developing world will be married before the age of 15. In the province of North Kivu in the Democratic Republic of Congo, hundreds of girls are abducted by armed groups and forced to become child brides every year. Here are the stories of four girls who were able to escape their captors. Read more about their story and how the International Rescue Committee helps.