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New localized website connects refugees in Europe to vital information
The International Rescue Committee (IRC), in partnership with Google and Mercy Corps, has launched RefugeeInfo.eu, a website accessible by mobile phone that provides up-to-date, location-specific information to refugees arriving in Europe.
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- June 30, 2022
How can we support refugees from Ukraine in the coming months?
Over 4.5 million refugees have fled Ukraine. Go inside the International Rescue Committee's response supporting their long-term needs.
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- August 30, 2022
The stakes for refugees in the U.S. election
The International Rescue Committee calls on all candidates running for public office to highlight challenges and provide solutions to three important issues in the 2020 election.
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- 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
Major earthquake measuring 7.7 shocks Myanmar, with tremors felt in Thailand and Bangladesh; IRC assessing and preparing to respond to humanitarian needs
- Press Release
- March 28, 2025
The IRC returns to Serbia to support refugee relief efforts
As Europe struggles to mitigate a humanitarian crisis, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) has returned to the Balkans, launching operations in Serbia in support of local organisations providing relief to people seeking safety.
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- June 30, 2022
Better aid
The world’s 82 million displaced people, the highest number ever recorded, require more than “aid as usual.” Their growing and increasingly complex needs mandate a transformation—a creative rethinking—in the global humanitarian response. The International Rescue Committee has taken on this challenge.
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Crisis in Somalia: Catastrophic hunger amid drought and conflict
Somalia now ranks at the top of the International Rescue Committee’s Emergency Watchlist. Here are five reasons why the country could face the world’s worst crisis in 2023.
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- January 6, 2023
One drop at a time: Clean water for Somalis
As the International Rescue Committee prepares to celebrate World Water Day 2014, stories from one town in Somalia remind us of just how powerfully having access to water can transform life for the better.
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- June 30, 2022
Creating a safe place to learn for children in Niger's refugee camps
In partnership with ECHO the International Rescue Committee is supporting over 21,000 displaced Malian, Nigerian and Nigerien children aged 6 to 11 to access a quality education, and is meeting the ever growing need for schooling resources.
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- June 30, 2022