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World Refugee Day

Refugees are essential

In the battle against COVID-19 and beyond, refugees are essential to keeping communities safe, making society stronger and rebuilding our world.

Send a message of gratitude

Meet refugees on the frontlines

When you have gone without care, you make it your mission to heal. When you know what it’s like to go hungry, you feed people. When you’ve been without a place to call home, you work to give others the safety of one. Meet essential workers who are also refugees.

Providing care
Helping neighbors
Keeping people safe

Celebrating essential refugees

No one better understands the resilience of the human spirit than those who’ve faced unthinkable adversity. Watch our video voiced by South African refugee and famed actress Noma Dumezweni.

Get involved

After you show your gratitude, take action. Find out how you can support refugee essential workers and all refugees—today, tomorrow and for the long term. 

Jonathan Amissa sits at a desk with the sewing tools he uses to make masks. There is a white sewing machine and masks of all colors on the desk. He is looking at the camera and smiling.

For today

The United States’s legacy of welcome is under threat. Ask your members of Congress to honor refugees by commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 1980 Refugee Act.

In an airport, a mother and father stand next to each other with their two young boys in front of them. The boys are holding flowers. The parents are looking down at the boys and smiling.

For tomorrow

Donate your unused frequent flyer miles and credit card points to Miles4Migrants and help refugees and asylum seekers reunite with their families and reach safe homes.

Three refugee children sit on the ground next to one another. They are all wearing masks and looking directly at the camera.

For the long term

Give a monthly gift to the International Rescue Committee. Your support is critical for the teams fighting COVID-19 and our lifesaving programs worldwide.