More than half of the world's refugees are children under the age of 18 and three-quarters are women and childen. Find out the real story of refugees fleeing war and persecution. 

In northeastern Nigeria, an estimated 7 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance, with another 3 million in need of food assistance. Musician Femi Kuti travels to Maiduguri, Nigeria to see the work of the International Rescue Committee. 

The IRC's Lucy Carrigan speaks on the winter conditions that refugees face in Belgrade.  Find out more about the IRC's response.  

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The Bazara family from Aleppo, Syria were reunited at Sea-Tac International Airport on Feb. 9 after three family members were banned from entering due to President Trump's executive order.

The war against Boko Haram has created massive displacement and famine-like conditions for 14.8 million affected people in northeastern Nigeria. 5.1 million people are food insecure, and 2.8 million children are severely malnourished. If nothing changes, 205 children will die each day. This crisis is man-made, but the solutions are too. The IRC is scaling up its life-saving response in northeastern Nigeria, but we must do more.

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Humans can survive 3 minutes without air, 3 days without water, and 3 weeks without food. But how long can we survive without a safe place to call home?

On a return visit to the Greek island of Lesbos, which he first visited in November, 2015, Mandy met with refugees at Kara Tepe who are stranded here, caught in a desperate and lengthy limbo as they wait to know the fate of their asylum claims. 

Farhad is a talented young artist from Afghanistan. He is just one of 3,000 refugee children currently stranded in Serbia. He wants to study painting and become famous someday. Most of all, he wants a place he can call home.