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Countries are removing thousands of refugees to third countries like Mexico, Albania and the DRC—raising urgent humanitarian ...

For more than a decade, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist has accurately predicted 85-95 percent of the countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian ...

Temporary Protected Status (TPS) is a critical humanitarian tool that protects foreign nationals residing in the United States from deportation when conditions in their home countries make it unsafe ...

Each year, the U.S. president sets a refugee cap that determines how many refugees can be resettled. The Trump administration initially set a record-low cap for fiscal year 2026, before creating ...

Netflix’s Transatlantic tells the story of how Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee helped thousands of refugees flee France during World War II. Read how the organization became the ...

The International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America. Each year, thousands of ...

Thank you for your interest in welcoming refugees to your community. By volunteering with the IRC in Sacramento, CA, you use your skills to help people who have fled violence and persecution to ...

Over 72,000 Palestinians have been killed in Gaza, according to OCHA, which bases its figures on the Gaza Ministry of Health statistics, and more than 173,000 have been injured since October 7, 2023.

people are in need of humanitarian assistance.