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The best of Britain's values
The best of Britain's values and traditions, UK Aid saves lives and earns the UK respect in the world.
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Refugee Integration in Southeast England
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has launched its first programme in the UK at the beginning of 2021, working in partnership with local councils, to provide integration support to resettled refugees in South East England. This programme draws on the IRC’s expertise in refugee integration, building on our experience of running refugee integration programmes in the United States and Europe, to help refugees rebuild their lives in the UK.
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Support Refugees
There are now more than 82 million refugees and displaced people around the world. The International Rescue Committee is providing relief to millions in war zones and other countries in crisis as well as supporting refugees in the UK, Europe and the United States, where refugees continue to seek safety.
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Jordan’s Queen Rania meets Syrian refugees and IRC aid workers in Greece
Alongside IRC aid workers, Queen Rania Al Abdullah met with refugees stranded on the Greek island of Lesbos.
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- June 30, 2022
Bringing comic relief to children in crisis
Three clowns from the Sweden-based nonprofit organisation Clowns Without Borders recently performed for families in northern Jordan, where the IRC operates mobile health clinics and provides other support for Syrian refugees and Jordanians in need.
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- June 30, 2022
“I find their words motivating”
Volunteering at an IRC-run clinic in Jordan has given this Syrian mother hope to aspire for a better future.
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- June 30, 2022
Tragic scenes as borders close
The situation in Europe remains fluid. As of March 2016, countries along the popular western Balkan route have sealed their borders, forcing thousands of refugees to idle in makeshift camps in Greece. In addition, hundreds of migrants and refugees have been sent back to Turkey as part of a controversial deal between that country and the European Union.
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- June 30, 2022
Eight decades of rescue
Since 1933, the International Rescue Committee has been providing lifesaving services to the world’s most vulnerable. Here’s a look at some of the highlights of our work through the years.
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- June 30, 2022
How the IRC empowers women and girls
Around the world, the International Rescue Committee works to create a world where women are given the chance to succeed. Explore our work.
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- June 30, 2022
Portraits of recovery
Tyler Jump returns to the Philippines to witness the tremendous progress that has been made in the communities the International Rescue Committee helped rebuild.
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- June 30, 2022