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Where do refugees live?

Did you know more than 60 percent of refugees live in an urban area or city—not in a refugee camp? Here are the facts you need to know about where refugees live.

VideoMarch 31, 2017

Starting over in Nangarhar

Pressured to leave Pakistan, more than 600,000 refugees have already repatriated to Afghanistan, still in the grip of violence and poverty.
SlideshowJuly 20, 2017

Strength to move forward

With temporary cash assistance and individual counseling from the IRC, this Syrian family was able to create a peaceful home again.
SlideshowOctober 27, 2016

From Refugee Camps to Summer Camps

The International Rescue Committee in New York and New Jersey, St Urban Concerts, and renown Syrian clarinetist and composer Kinan Azmeh are pleased to announce a partnership to support the Refugee Youth Summer Academy in Elizabeth, New Jersey. This summer program provides a supportive and healing environment that helps refugee children overcome the trauma of forced migration. Through educational, recreational, and social activities, students improve their English language skills and their confidence, enabling them to assimilate in their new communities and become engaged citizens. St Urban and Kinan Azmeh will donate 50% of the sales of the album Songs For Days To Come, Vol. 1 to help 70 refugee youth participate in the summer academy. 

AnnouncementApril 14, 2017

Economic recovery and development at the International Rescue Committee: cash relief

Evidence shows that in many contexts, cash relief is a more efficient and cost-effective solution in crisis settings than food, clothing and in-kind donations.

ResourceOctober 6, 2016

How local communities can build resilience to climate change

Developing effective protection measures for those displaced by natural disasters and climate change.

Climate change resilience
The skyline of Beirut with a huge plume of smoke in the background.

Beirut, one year later

One year after the massive explosion in Beirut, IRC staff member Elias El Beam describes how Lebanon has struggled to recover.

ArticleAugust 3, 2021

A mother escapes Nigeria

On April 6 last year, Gloria Ibrahim, 29, and her family woke to the clatter of gunfire. They ran outside to find a cadre from Boko Haram, the radical Islamist militia that controls parts of northeastern Nigeria, rounding up villagers.

ArticleApril 14, 2015

IRC President and CEO David Miliband's West Point Class of 1983 Distinguished Lecture

Press ReleaseJanuary 29, 2020
A woman with two kids manages to walk across the destroyed bridge over Higuito river on November 19, 2020 in Copan, Honduras, after Hurricane Iota.

Crisis in Honduras: Ongoing violence and climate shocks

Here are three reasons the IRC’s Emergency Watchlist ranks Honduras among 20 countries most at risk of worsening humanitarian crisis in 2022.

ArticleJanuary 26, 2022

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