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IRC: Extreme weather conditions across Europe expose shortcomings in EU migration policies. Europe is not living up to its values.
- June 30, 2022
Building household resilience in Jordan
As economic recovery activities for refugees in Jordan are restricted, the IRC has found that the provision of unconditional cash assistance coupled with case management, health services, psychosocial support, and outreach is a valuable means of reducing this distress.
- Report
- October 1, 2015
Keeping pregnant women safe during a pandemic
Many refugee and displaced women have gone through their pregnancies with no regular check-ups by midwives, no 12-week scans, no antenatal classes... They’ve faced war and persecution, survived in camps during the winter -- and now they have COVID-19 to worry about.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
A fearless advocate for Somali women in Dadaab
Today marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and the start of 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence. International Rescue Committee grants intern Jane Yang writes about how the IRC protects and empowers women who have made the dangerous trip from Somalia to a refugee camp in northeastern Kenya.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
International Rescue Committee responds to reports of violence on the northern borders of Greece
- June 30, 2022
9 Humanitarian Goals for the Biden-Harris Administration’s First Year
Drawing on its decades of experience responding to crises in over 40 countries worldwide and resettling refugees in 25 cities across the U.S., in this brief the International Rescue Committee recommends nine actions for the Biden-Harris Administration to take in its first year.
- Report
- January 21, 2021
IRC denounces planned Homeland Security raids targeting Central American families seeking refuge in U.S.
- June 30, 2022
What Happened? How the Humanitarian Response to COVID-19 Failed to Protect Women and Girls
A new IRC report brings forward the voices of 852 refugee and displaced women living in some of the most underfunded and forgotten humanitarian crises in 15 African countries to learn how the pandemic and the humanitarian response to it has affected their safety.
- Report
- October 15, 2020
After Idlib attack Syrians need more than the words, say NGOs
- June 30, 2022
Finding courage to continue on in Greece's camps
Along with hundreds of other refugees, Audrey, Baimba and Hassan have received mental health support from the IRC whilst living in Greece’s overcrowded camps. They’ve confronted the traumas of the past whilst living in conditions that no one should have to endure. The pandemic has only made things tougher for refugees living in camps with lockdowns trapping people in intolerable conditions.
- Video
- May 2, 2022