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She fled in the night: A mother’s story from Lebanon

A displaced mother in Lebanon works to care for her children amid crisis and instability. Learn how IRC support is helping ...
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David Miliband: Sudan’s crisis is a warning to the world

IRC CEO and President, David Miliband, addressed the European Parliament: The International Rescue Committee works in the hardest places in the world. Our mission is to help people survive, recover, ...
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Kansas City, KS

In Kansas City and other offices across the country, the IRC helps them to rebuild their lives. Who are refugees? Refugees are people who have fled war, violence, conflict or persecution and have ...
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Emergency Watchlist

The International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist highlights the 20 countries most at risk of new or worsened humanitarian emergencies. For more than a decade, this report has ...
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Six months on from the ‘ceasefire’, IRC warns that Gaza’s deepening humanitarian catastrophe cannot be forgotten as world’s attention shifts away

Six months on from the ‘ceasefire’, IRC warns that Gaza’s deepening humanitarian catastrophe cannot be forgotten as world’s ...
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International Rescue Committee Calls for Urgent Establishment of Humanitarian Corridor Through the Strait of Hormuz

New York, April 14, 2026 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today called on the international community to take immediate action to establish a sustained humanitarian corridor through the ...
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Rockefeller Foundation Commits US$10 Million to Support International Rescue Committee Innovation for People Living in Conflict and Crisis

WASHINGTON, April 15, 2026 — The Rockefeller Foundation and International Rescue Committee (IRC) today announced a new $US 10 million, multi-year effort supporting ...
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IRC: Three years on, Sudan’s war has spiraled into a full-scale regional catastrophe as warnings go unheeded

Nairobi, Kenya, April 14, 2026 — Three years since conflict erupted in Sudan, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that a preventable catastrophe has been allowed to escalate into one of the ...
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Rethinking Aid in an Era of Scarcity: IRC warns of widening “life-and-death” gap

New York, NY, April 13, 2026 — A new International Rescue Committee (IRC) paper warns that a sharp contraction in global aid is colliding with record humanitarian need—creating a widening gap with ...
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Tre år av krig i Sudan: 10 miljoner i extrem hunger

13 april 2026 — Tre års krig i Sudan har lett till akut matosäkerhet för nästan 29 miljoner människor, varav över 10 miljoner lever i extrem hunger. En ny rapport från International Rescue Committee ...
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Leitung Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit

Berlin, 16. April 2026 — Auf der gestrigen internationalen Sudan-Konferenz in Berlin wurden insgesamt 1,53 Milliarden Euro für die Sudan-Krise zugesagt. International Rescue Committee (IRC) ...