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Protecting the economic wellbeing of immigrants and refugees during COVID-19
The goal of this brief report is to provide a succinct, “real-time” snapshot of the main economic challenges that families are facing, adaptations that IRC programs are making, and the lessons that are emerging.
- Report
- April 27, 2020
IRC in Poland: Impact of New Changes to Refugee Hosting Laws Need to Be Monitored
- Press Release
- June 13, 2024
Giving Tree provides refugees with gifts from Wichita community
For the second year in a row the IRC in Wichita has hosted their Holiday Giving Tree. This year, 63 IRC families we able to receive gifts donated by sponsors from the Wichita community.
- Announcement
- January 18, 2017
Refugees Are 60% More Likely To Be Financially Impacted By COVID-19, New Research Finds
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
A family broken after the promise of refuge
This Iranian refugee family was approved for resettlement in Seattle on June 12, 2017, but because of the United States travel ban, the family's flights were canceled three times. While two family members were able to resettle to the U.S. this year with the support of the International Rescue Committee, the rest of their relatives remain in Turkey where they will restart the painstaking resettlement process from scratch.
- Video
- June 27, 2022
110M people displaced is a wake-up call on World Refugee Day
- Press Release
- June 20, 2023
Executive Order Suspending US Refugee Resettlement: “A Step Backward,” Says the IRC
- Press Release
- January 29, 2025
Teacher and Afghan refugee shares her story at 2019 #IRCFilmSeries
Join us on May 1st for a special screening of Angels Are Made of Light, a documentary following school-aged children in Kabul, Afghanistan, with guest speaker and IRC client, Farahnaz Anwari, who taught in Afghan conflict zones for nearly 20 years.
- Announcement
- January 26, 2021
Refugee families face a cold winter
In places like Syria and Lebanon, displaced families are experiencing frigid winter weather on top of what they are already facing — war, hunger and COVID-19.
- Topic
How to talk to your family about refugees, asylum and the border this holiday season
As you gather together with family and friends to celebrate this holiday season, take the opportunity to share important facts about resettlement and asylum.
- Resource
- December 6, 2019