Daniel, an ex-soldier from the Sudan People’s Liberation Army, fled to Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya in the mid-nineties. He suffers from post-traumatic stress. The International Rescue Committee provides mental health and psychosocial support.

These statistics remind us that the most vulnerable will be disproportionately impacted by the pandemic.

As thousands of refugees are stranded or risking their lives trying to transit through Bulgaria, Serbia and Hungary in extremely cold weather, the IRC and its partners in Serbia are providing winter relief, including clothing, medicine and other emergency aid in some of the most challenging locations.

When he visited Lesbos, actor Mandy Patinkin helped to rescue a girl in a pink coat. The IRC returned to Lesbos to follow her story.

As unusually severe winter weather grips Greece, the International Rescue Committee has been doing everything within our power to ensure that people staying in the refugee sites where we work are warm and safe.