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Has a refugee ever won an Oscar?
Learn more about the life of Oscar-winner Ke Huy Quan, as well as past Oscar nominees and winners who were forcibly displaced.
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- April 4, 2024
8 refugee activists and changemakers you need to know about
Meet refugee changemakers who are shaping policies, art, traditions, dreams and futures in ordinary—and extraordinary—ways.
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- June 14, 2023
Refugees bring more than they carry
This World Refugee Day, and every day, welcome refugees and all that they bring to your community.
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- July 12, 2022
Hope Behind the Headlines
Watch our 2022 Global Virtual Event to get an exclusive look at the IRC's work. Featuring Rami Malek, Yo-Yo Ma, Ebony Obsidian, Mandy Patinkin, Yola, and IRC staff and clients from across the globe.
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- July 28, 2022
How celebrities supported refugees this year
Rami Malek, Mandy Patinkin, Sepideh Moafi and Piper Perabo are just some of the celebrities who took a stand for refugees and people facing crises this year.
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- November 19, 2021
A skateboarder from Kabul learns there is nothing she can't achieve
An instructor at a non-profit that teaches skateboarding to children, Belqisa’s dreams of pro competition were put on hold when she had to escape Afghanistan. Now she’s seizing a chance for a new start.
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- July 1, 2022
Make Chef Noori's Afghan family recipe: Mantu potato skins
His family's "survival meal" of potato skins with vegetables now stars on the menu at former Afghan refugee Chef Noori's restaurant, The Mantu. Try the recipe.
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- October 25, 2022
How to help refugees in the United States: 10 ways to stand for welcome
Under the Biden Administration, we have a chance to rebuild the United States's proud tradition of giving families fleeing war and persecution a chance to live in safety. Here are 12 ways to help refugees in the U.S. right now.
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- July 6, 2022
How the IRC is helping resettle Afghans around the globe
The severity of the situation in Afghanistan brings renewed urgency to the world refugee crisis: The IRC is committed to resettling evacuees.
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- September 23, 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.
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- June 27, 2022