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How we solve the global refugee crisis
International Rescue Committee president David Miliband says our global refugee crisis is unprecedented, but solvable. In an interview streamed from the TED2017 speaker series, Miliband outlines concrete solutions and urges global leaders, aid agencies and ordinary citizens to do our part.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
2023 Emergency Watchlist
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) Emergency Watchlist 2023 is a call to action for global leaders and the general public.
- Report
- December 14, 2022
How is coronavirus affecting the world: take the quiz
Test your knowledge on how coronavirus is impacting people in the countries where the International Rescue Committee work.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
Learn, play, eat: a day in the life of seven year old Ebalo Raimond
Ebalo is just one of thousands of refugee children the International Rescue Committee is helping to educate in Nyarugusu camp.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
In Nairobi, a young entrepreneur builds her salon business
With support from the International Rescue Committee, Susan Kayongo is able to run her own salon in Nairobi.
- Article
- July 6, 2022
GBV Trends Among Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar: COVID-19 update
New data from the International Rescue Committee reveals that 94% of Rohingya women and girls living in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, who have reported incidents of Gender-Based Violence (GBV), have experienced it at the hands of their partners.
- Report
- January 22, 2021
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.
- Video
- June 23, 2022
Beyond COVID-19: Test your knowledge of the world's worst crises
Even as the COVID-19 pandemic dominated news headlines worldwide, 2020 emerged as one of the worst years on record for humanitarian crises. Test your knowledge, then learn more about 10 crises the International Rescue Committee (IRC) expects to significantly deteriorate over the course of 2021—and what can be done to help.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
RescueWorks: Unlocking Refugee Women's Potential
According to a new analysis conducted by the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security (GIWPS), in collaboration with the International Rescue Committee (IRC), refugee women could generate up to $1.4 trillion to annual global GDP if employment and wage gaps were closed.
- Report
- July 25, 2019
Central African Republic
In Central African Republic (CAR), 1 million people have been displaced by ongoing conflict. The International Rescue Committee has assisted CAR throughout its current crisis despite the high risk to aid workers. We provide medical care, water and sanitation services, and protection for vulnerable women and girls.
- Country