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MIT's Robert A. Muh Award in the Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences Awarded to David Miliband, President and CEO of the IRC
- Press Release
- June 22, 2022
“America can combine humanity with order at the border”: IRC president and CEO David Miliband on the end of Title 42 following Arizona visit
- Press Release
- June 5, 2023
GBV Trends Among Rohingya Refugees in Cox’s Bazar: COVID-19 update
Gender-Based Violence (GBV) is a pandemic which violates human rights across communities around the world. Rohingya women and girls who fled to Bangladesh following severe rights violations enacted upon them by the Myanmar military in 2017 continue to live with the threat of violence in Cox’s Bazar. Data from the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) programmes demonstrates that the risks they face are likely to be compounded by the spread of COVID-19 and the steps taken to mitigate against it.
- Report
- January 22, 2021
How are global systems failing? Behind this year’s Emergency Watchlist
The IRC’s 2022 Watchlist of countries at risk of deepening humanitarian crisis reveals a world in which the systems set up to prevent human suffering are broken.
- Article
- June 27, 2022
Nataly's message to the IRC Community
Nataly's video message and letter to the IRC Community: A brilliant creative, author, former refugee, TEDx speaker, and awesome human, Nataly INVITES YOU on February 8, 4pm EST via Zoom, to the Awesome Human Day Virtual Event!
- Announcement
- January 27, 2022
Greece
Greece currently hosts over 214,000 refugees and almost 20,000 asylum-seekers, half of whom wish to remain in the country. The International Rescue Committee (IRC) helps ensure these individuals understand their rights and provides them with job training, while also advocating for their rights, so that they can rebuild their lives.
- Country
Iraq
The International Rescue Committee helps Iraqis affected by conflict, particularly women, youth and children, to access vital services and enjoy their rights in a safe and peaceful environment.
- Country
IRC response: 120 million globally displaced and 61% increase in U.S. asylum claims require humane policies for asylum seekers, refugees, and people in need
- Press Release
- July 30, 2024
What happens when asylum seekers face deportation without a lawyer?
Most immigrants facing deportation in the United States, including asylum seekers fleeing violence and persecution, do not have access to a lawyer. The stakes for these cases could not be higher: losing could lead to family separation and even put their lives in jeopardy.
- Article
- June 22, 2022
They die of bombs, we die of need: impact of collapsing public health systems in Yemen
The right to critical life-saving health services of 9.8 million Yemenis caught in the intractable civil war has not received adequate policy and media attention leading to a dire humanitarian crisis especially for mothers and children.
- Report
- March 26, 2018