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Reflections from Mohammad: Family brings hope
This August marked the one-year anniversary of the collapse of the government in Afghanistan, and the beginning of emergency response efforts to evacuate and resettle more than 120,000 Afghan citizens. Hear from Mohammad, a humanitarian parolee!
- Announcement
- August 30, 2022
Refugee family celebrates their first Christmas in America
For the first time, this Iranian refugee is celebrating Christmas in America. He put up a Christmas tree, holiday lights and is hopeful for a brighter future. Amir Biazar was a journalist and human rights activist in Iran for over ten years. Because of his work, he was detained three times and tortured. While in prison, his teeth, legs, and shoulders were broken.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Hotel partners welcomed Afghan families to Utah
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) in Salk Lake City supported the resettlement of over 600 Afghan evacuees who now call Utah home. This effort could not have been as successful without numerous hotel partners across the valley.
- Announcement
- April 29, 2022
Financial Assistance to Families: NJ RCA Program
As a result of the emergency needs assessment, IRC in NJ received funding to distribute one-time prepaid gift cards to households, individuals, and couples in our community, meeting established criteria and on our Intake and Casework team’s caseload. This relief effort, while finite, will serve almost 300 individuals in our area over the next few months.
- Announcement
- June 2, 2023
Syrian family finds safety 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.
- Announcement
- June 27, 2022
War and hunger are destroying families in South Sudan
After a peace agreement failed to unite South Sudan last July, fighting quickly spread to previously unaffected areas. That’s when the war forced Angelina and her children to flee into the swamps, where food and clean water were scarce.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
IRC’s immigration services support family integration in Utah
Over the past year, the IRC in Salt Lake City has completed 100 citizenship applications and has supported 46 individuals to become new U.S. citizens. Learn about how the immigration team has impacted this support!
- Announcement
- September 29, 2022
Fleeing drought in Somalia: One family’s story
Falastine, her two younger siblings, and their mother became sick soon after they arrived, two weeks ago, at a camp outside the city of Mogadishu—one of the hundreds of thousands of Somalis displaced from drought-stricken villages.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Travel Ban expansion could tear families apart
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
The IRC responds to new U.S. family separation figures
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022