The International Rescue Committee is a leading provider of services for refugees, asylees, asylum seekers, victims of trafficking, and other vulnerable immigrants in the United States. Across the country, every year, the IRC assists thousands of individuals with a range of services designed to help them survive, regain control of their future, and strengthen their communities.

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 International Rescue Committee and how we’ve continued to support people facing conflict and crisis for the past 90 years.  Through the years 1933 Varian Fry at his office in Marseilles in the spring of 1941.

International Rescue Committee President and CEO David Miliband discusses why non-governmental organizations (NGOs) such as the IRC have a unique role to play in addressing some our biggest global challenges.