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Pikpa camp: Help for vulnerable refugee families
A Syrian mother stopping with her family on the island of Lesbos, Greece — one of more than half a million desperate people who have fled to Europe this year from countries in chaos.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
"Give refugees a chance": Sarah Wayne Callies in Serbia
Actress Sarah Wayne Callies traveled with the International Rescue Committee to Serbia where she met with refugees. In this video, she shares a personal story about her grandfather’s journey as a refugee fleeing from Hungary in the early 1920s. Read more about Sarah’s trip on Medium.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Who are refugees?
Marathoners, bakers, teachers—refugees are all of those things and so much more. But human beings above all. At the IRC, we never, ever give up on refugees. Watch and share if you, too, #StandWithRefugees.
- Video
- June 22, 2022
Syrian women refugees in Jordan: opportunity in the gig economy?
Many Syrian refugee women want to work but face hurdles. The gig economy, with protections for workers, could help change that.
- Report
- September 13, 2017
Morena Baccarin's eyewitness account of Venezuela's refugee crisis
IRC Voice Morena Baccarin recently traveled to Colombia to meet Venezuelan refugees trying to build new lives far from the violence and economic chaos at home.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
One refugee's road to success in America
24-year-old Farhad from Afghanistan has a job, goes to college and is on his way to becoming a dental assistant. None of this would be possible without a car.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
Solving the refugee employment problem in Jordan: A survey of Syrian refugees
In Jordan, there are an estimated 1.2 million Syrian refugees, the vast majority of which are unemployed. To address this crisis, the Jordan Compact, a new partnership between the international community and Government of Jordan that provides a pathway to economic opportunity for both refugees and Jordanians, was crafted.
- Report
- April 13, 2017
Refugee compacts
A compact agreement is an innovative model for bringing together donors, development and humanitarian agencies, the private sector, and civil society under host-country leadership to achieve sustainable outcomes for refugees and host communities. We offer three key principles and 10 recommendations for policymakers to build effective compacts for refugee-hosting nations.
- Report
- April 18, 2017
Modernizing The U.S. Refugee Response Overseas
Modernizing The U.S. Refugee Response Overseas
- Report
- September 25, 2020
Finding the courage to continue on in Greece's refugee camps
Along with hundreds of other refugees, Audrey, Baimba and Hassan have received mental health support from the IRC while living in Greece’s overcrowded camps.
- Video
- June 27, 2022