The night before I came to Lesbos, a community center, one of the only places of solace and comfort for refugees living in Lesbos, had been burnt down—reportedly by far-right groups.

At first, Muska Haseeb, a refugee from Afghanistan, was scared to come to America. “I cried so much on the plane,” she recalls. “I didn't know anyone, didn’t speak English...how was I going to integrate?”

Forty years after the 1980 Refugee Act established the modern-day resettlement program, its bipartisan tradition is in jeopardy.

The first reported case of the novel coronavirus has been confirmed in Syria, which could lead to one of the most severe outbreaks in the world. Learn how the IRC is responding to COVID-19.

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.

IRC education expert Jamie Weiss-Yagoda shares tips she's using to help her two young children keep learning while schools are closed due to the coronavirus.

Key decisions that will affect how the U.S. responds to future crises depend on an accurate census.

Meet an IRC health team in Bangladesh at the front lines of responding to COVID-19 in a refugee camp that's now home to over 1 million people.

Hear from IRC health workers around the world about their response to the coronavirus pandemic—and what gives them hope.

Ethiopia is grappling with its worst drought in fifty years, which has affected more than 10 million people.