Learn how Sesame Workshop and the International Rescue Committee are changing the lives of young refugees and displaced children across the Middle East.

The Central American Minors (CAM) Program has recently reopened and the IRC in Los Angeles is here to help! Contact us to file an application and begin the family reunification process today.

Learn what’s happening and how you can take action no matter where you live.

Last week, the International Rescue Committee in Denver welcomed their first co-sponsored family in 2024. The family was matched with the Conifer Rotary Refugee Co-sponsor Group.

The IRC is excited to share that our offices in Denver, Colorado and Boise, Idaho will now be led by one executive director.

The IRC in Atlanta first welcomed Joyeuse “Joy” Muhoza and her family to Georgia in August 2016, shortly before her 18th birthday. In this must-read interview, Joy shares her journey over the last four years—from working in poultry processing to now studying for her Bachelor of Science in Nursing.

“In the news, they talk about migrants and people rushing the border, but really, these are families fleeing dangerous, violent places and seeking legal asylum here in the U.S.,” says IRC Voice Piper Perabo, who met Central American families in Arizona.

Meet Firas, 22, who worked with Refugee.Info, a digital service created by the International Rescue Committee in partnership with Google, Microsoft and Trip Advisor. The online and mobile platform provides crucial information to refugees seeking asylum from war and persecution.