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From Einstein to Ahlan Simsim: Celebrating 90 years of innovation at the IRC
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) has been helping people affected by humanitarian crisis for 90 years. Read about our history, our achievements and our innovative approach to solving big problems.
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- June 30, 2025
What happens to asylum seekers stranded at the U.S.-Mexico border?
Find out what Oprah Winfrey learned when she profiled families seeking safety in the U.S. and how the International Rescue Committee helps.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
Muyambo Marcel Chishimba: Painter, Courageous Refugee
It takes great courage to open your heart and share your experience. That’s why this World Refugee Day (June 20), we are celebrating refugee artists who remind us that refugees are courageous. Muyambo Marcel Chishimba is a Congolese refugee resettled by the International Rescue Committee in New Jersey, The United States. As a young boy, he was taught to paint by his uncle, acclaimed Congolese artist Kabemba Albert Stounas.
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- June 23, 2022
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.
- Article
- 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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