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Speech: President and CEO of the IRC David Miliband for the Stockholm Human Rights Award
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
Global partners successfully call on the United Nations to put play back on the agenda for 2 billion children worldwide
Global partners have successfully called on the United Nations to adopt an International Day of Play to champion and protect children’s right to play. The International Day of Play will be June 11th, with the inaugural celebration to take place in 2024.
- Announcement
- March 26, 2024
Strategy100: Empowering people in crisis and beyond
Since the International Rescue Committee (IRC) was first founded at the request of Albert Einstein in 1933, our global team of more than 17,000 staff have helped people upended by conflict and crisis to survive, recover, and regain control of their lives. Today we work in more than 40 countries and 29 U.S.
- About the IRC
Seven common myths about refugee resettlement in the United States
While resettlement is a lifesaving and lasting solution for those with nowhere else to go, there has been a recent political backlash against welcoming refugees to the U.S. We fact-check some of the myths and falsehoods being spread about refugees.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
The International Rescue Committee named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2025
- Press Release
- April 10, 2025
Migrants, asylum seekers, IDPs, refugees and immigrants: What’s the difference?
Learn the difference between refugees, asylum seekers, immigrants, and migrants—and how the IRC helps people forced to flee crisis and conflict.
- Article
- August 11, 2025
What is famine? Famine: meaning, causes and how to stop it
Learn the meaning of famine, what causes it, and how we can prevent future famines through early action and humanitarian aid.
- Article
- May 16, 2025
Quizzes
- IRC quizzes
Speech: David Miliband at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs' Global Leadership Awards Dinner
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
What refugees have to say to the new president
The White House has suspended the refugee resettlement program, which will impact thousands of innocent people—mostly women and children—fleeing war and persecution and awaiting resettlement in the United States.
- Article
- July 5, 2022