This Iranian refugee family was approved for resettlement in Seattle on June 12, 2017, but because of the United States travel ban, the family's flights were canceled three times. While two family members were able to resettle to the U.S. this year with the support of the International Rescue Committee, the rest of their relatives remain in Turkey where they will restart the painstaking resettlement process from scratch. 

The IRC and Sesame Street are working together to help millions of refugee children around the world learn, grow and thrive. The partnership has been selected as a finalist in the MacArthur Foundation’s 100&Change grant competition.

The United States has a long tradition of offering refuge to those fleeing persecution and war. In 2015, the International Rescue Committee helped resettle nearly 10,000 newly arrived refugees and provided services to promote self-reliance and integration to over 36,000 refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking and other immigrants.