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Speech: President and CEO of the IRC David Miliband for the Stockholm Human Rights Award
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
Beginning a New Life in America, With Mentors by their Side
The New York Times covers a Congolese refugee family resettled by the IRC in Oakland and their mentor family in Oakland, California.
- Announcement
- January 18, 2017
IRC Emergency Watchlist 2022: Afghanistan tops list of countries most at risk in year ahead; IRC finds global “System Failure” fueling crises and driving record levels of humanitarian need
- Press Release
- June 27, 2022
Civil Society Statement on the Protection of Civilians in Urban Conflict (2022)
- Press Release
- May 17, 2022
Greece
Greece currently hosts over 214,000 refugees and almost 20,000 asylum-seekers, half of whom wish to remain in the country. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps ensure these individuals understand their rights and provides them with job training, while also advocating for their rights, so that they can rebuild their lives.
- Country
IRC President and CEO David Miliband testifies before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, alongside UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Ben Stiller, on the grave humanitarian impact of eight years of war in Syria and the path ahead for the crisis
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
CAF America: Creating a More Equitable Lens for Supporting Overlooked Countries Struck by Disaster
CAF America: Creating a More Equitable Lens for Supporting Overlooked Countries Struck by Disaster
- Announcement
- June 23, 2023
Five ways Disney’s ‘Encanto’ celebrates refugees
In addition to the praise it has received for its representation of Colombia and Latinx cultures, Encanto has also sparked positive conversations about refugees and other displaced people.
- Article
- November 3, 2022
After first travel ban, Syrian family relieved to be reunited in "the land of justice"
The Bazara family from Aleppo, Syria thought they had found their promised land in the U.S., only to have their dreams shattered—and then made whole in “the country of rights.”
- Article
- September 28, 2022
A Syrian teenager describes her escape from war-torn Aleppo
Shattered by the death of her parents and younger sister, 16-year-old Hiba somehow found the strength to lead the surviving members of her family to safety in Jordan. She shares her recollections and drawings of life in Aleppo.
- Article
- June 27, 2022