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The plight of a South Sudanese family taking refuge in Kenya a second time
Nyathok Deng feels as though Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya has become home away from home as she returns for the second time following more violence in her native South Sudan.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
What is happening in Ethiopia’s Tigray region?
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is extremely concerned about escalating tensions and hostilities in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, where many refugees, displaced families, and local communities are reeling from a year of multiple humanitarian disasters.
- Article
- September 21, 2022
Meet Razia Sultana, the Rohingya activist and feminist
Razia is an activist bringing feminism to Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
In the worst year for Syrians, 10 moments that showed the best of humanity
In the face of ongoing violence — and the anti-refugee agendas pushed by some politicians — resilient Syrians are enduring the unimaginable and generous communities are taking them in. Here are 10 moments from 2016 (in no particular order) that give us a glimpse of the best of humanity.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
David Miliband in Niger, parched refuge for Nigerians fleeing attacks by militants
In June 2015, International Rescue Committee president David Miliband visited Nigerian refugees in Niger, where more than 150,000 have found safety after fleeing ongoing violence in their country.
- Article
- July 5, 2022
Syria displacement crisis worsens as protracted humanitarian emergency looms
- Press Release
- July 14, 2025
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
Dear Albert Einstein, A Letter From Keegan-Michael Key
This World Refugee Day, Keegan-Michael Key wrote a special letter to physicist, Nobel Laureate -- and refugee-- Albert Einstein. The fact is, our world would be a far different place if refugees were turned away. From art to science, film and business, music and technology, refugees have been drivers of major cultural and societal achievements.
- Video
- June 17, 2019
Game of Thrones actors join the IRC for moving exhibition
Photographs of 31 men, women, girls and boys, united by stories of displacement and disjuncture, formed the basis of a moving exhibit hosted by the IRC at the Union Club, Soho. They represent the 45,000 refugees in Greece who are preparing for plummeting temperatures this winter as they wait for their asylum applications to be processed.
- Article
- June 30, 2022
Dear Elie Weisel, a Letter from Mandy Patinkin
This World Refugee Day, Mandy Patinkin wrote a special letter to author, educator, political activist, -- and refugee-- Elie Wiesel. The fact is, our world would be a far different place if refugees were turned away. From art to science, film and business, music and technology, refugees have been drivers of major cultural and societal achievements. Join Mandy and #StandWithRefugees.
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- July 5, 2022