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A young girl from Southeast Asia looks at the camera with a serious expression.

The largest refugee resettlement effort in American history

When millions fled Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia after the fall of Saigon, the IRC was there to help them start anew in the U.S.

ArticleJuly 28, 2016
Two Bosnian women lie in beds in a refugee camp in Croatia, one of whom is crying.

The siege of Sarajevo and beyond

For over a decade, the IRC provided food, water, and medicine to people trapped in a region enveloped in conflict.

ArticleJuly 28, 2016
Syrian women and girls helped by counseling and Zumba

Counseling—and Zumba classes—help three generations of Syrian women find hope

The war in Syria took a tremendous psychological toll on Samaher and her family. Here's a look at how an IRC women's center in Jordan helped Samaher, her daughter and mother find comfort and hope.

ArticleMarch 13, 2016
Family mentor Jamie Utz with 8-year-old Muhammed Samatar from Somalia

An American friend becomes family for a Somali refugee building a new life for her son

Navigating a new city alone as a refugees, this Somali family found comfort in their friendship with an American.

ArticleMarch 3, 2017
Maha al-Obaidi sits on a park bench looking off into the distance and holding a U.S. citizenship test study book.

President Biden could admit the lowest number of refugees in history

The new president has yet to reverse the harmful refugee policies of the Trump Administration, leaving people seeking safety in limbo.

ArticleApril 9, 2021
A young refugee washes his hands at a tap in refugee camp where the International Rescue Committee works in Bangladesh.

Refugees do not have the luxury of social distancing

Bob Kitchen, the leader of the IRC's COVID-19 response globally, explains how we are fighting the virus and what's at risk for the three countries he's most worried about.

ArticleMarch 26, 2020
Yazidi woman in Iraq displacement camp

Courageous Yazidi women speak out after escaping violence in Iraq

Violence in Iraq’s Sinjar district uprooted millions, including the Yazidi religious minority. After experiencing brutal violence, Yazidi women speak out.

ArticleAugust 4, 2015

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