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Inside the Syrian Crisis: Social therapy in Jordan
Over 600,000 Syrian refugees are currently in Jordan, 80% of whom live in urban areas among Jordanian neighbours. In February the International Rescue Committee organised a two-week social-therapy workshop at our women's centre in the city of Irbid that brought together Syrian refugee teenagers and their Jordanian counterparts.
- Video
- June 23, 2022
An Afghan chef helps refugees feel at home
Chef Noori fled Afghanistan with his family in 2015, resettling in the United States through a Special Immigrant Visa for Afghans who supported U.S. troops or programmes. Trained as a chef, he began working in a kitchen right away and eventually opened The Mantu, a modern Afghan fine dining restaurant in Richmond, Virginia. The latest unrest in Afghanistan has forced thousands more Afghans to flee the country.
- Video
- September 26, 2022
Mandy Patinkin on why the IRC is committed to cash relief
Narrated by Mandy Patinkin: 60% of refugees worldwide live in cities and communities rather than in camps. Providing refugees cash instead of in-kind goods like blankets or food, allows aid agencies like the International Rescue Committee to reach refugees quickly and at a lower cost. Cash relief is also good for the economy. It means refugees can buy what they need from local shops, growing their communities.
- Video
- June 23, 2022
Pikpa camp: Help for vulnerable refugee families
A Syrian mother stopping with her family on the island of Lesbos, Greece — one of more than half a million desperate people who have fled to Europe this year from countries in chaos.
- Video
- June 23, 2022
Joint Agency Briefing Note: The Reality of the EU-Turkey Statement
One year ago, European states closed their borders along the Western Balkan route and European Union (EU) leaders put in place the EU-Turkey Statement, a so-called temporary measure to stop irregular migration to Europe. Now EU leaders are declaring their approach a success. The International Rescue Committee (IRC), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC), and Oxfam are providing humanitarian response on the Greek islands and mainland, and as our experience clearly shows, the context on the ground is far more troubling and complex.
- Report
- March 16, 2017
Small hearts
Eight-year-old twin sisters from Afghanistan recount harrowing tales of the fearful journey they endured as they made their escape to Europe. They are just two of the more than one million refugees from countries experiencing relentless conflicts who have fled to Europe for safety and a new start. "The smugglers had sticks and they beat us, and wouldn’t let us stop even for five minutes," one of the girls said.
- Video
- June 23, 2022
The Long Road Home
Khalid and his family returned to their village after the defeat of ISIS in Anbar province, Iraq. Like many others who fled the war, they came home to a destroyed house and shattered livelihoods. With support from the European Commission, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) provides temporary cash relief to help vulnerable families in Iraq recover and regain control of their lives.
- Video
- February 28, 2018
2024: What we accomplished together 
2024 was a difficult year. It brought famines, floods, ongoing and intensifying conflicts across the world. But it was also a year full of hope. We saw it everywhere, in every child who received medical treatment, in every family who received food or fuel through this winter, in every person who began the difficult process of starting over after being displaced from their home.  The coming year will bring new challenges.
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- January 6, 2025
Mandy Patinkin: Witnessing welcome in Uganda
Fresh from filming the latest season of Showtime’s Homeland,actor and activist Mandy Patinkin traveled to Uganda this month with the International Rescue Committee to see what happens when refugees are given welcome. Along with his wife Kathryn and son Isaac he met resilient, resourceful people who are restarting their lives in a country that has made a choice to build bridges, not walls.
- Article
- July 5, 2022
IRC addresses urgent health concerns of South Sudanese refugees in Uganda
More than 1.5 million people have been displaced since the conflict in South Sudan reignited. According to the United Nations, 421,000 people have fled the new country to neighboring Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan and Uganda. The International Rescue Committee is responding to the influx of new arrivals in the Kiryandongo refugee settlement in Uganda, where Dr. Catherine Ndekera, IRC’s health coordinator, reports on the situation.
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- June 30, 2022