Proposals such as a ‘one-in, one-out’ scheme risk undermining the right to seek asylum, a core principle of international law. They ignore the root causes of why people cross borders in the first ...

The IRC, in partnership with Yemen’s Ministry of Health, has launched a new strategy to boost childhood vaccination rates and rebuild trust in immunization across vulnerable communities. With support ...

Global aid cuts are threatening lifesaving immunizations—just when millions need them most. Discover how the IRC is working ...

A new IRC policy paper highlights how underfunding and lack of power-sharing are undermining the work of women’s ...

Sharp rise in acute childhood malnutrition attributed to triple threat of insecurity, climate shocks and funding cuts.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is launching prevention efforts, including raising awareness amongst vulnerable communities of how to prevent the spread of disease, to prepare for a possible ...

As Greece announces a three-month pause on accepting asylum applications from people arriving by sea from North Africa, and plans to immediately detain those reaching Greece via the Mediterranean Sea, ...

As world leaders gather for the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4), the International Rescue Committee (IRC) calls for urgent, strategic action to ensure that Official ...

At a moment when humanitarian funding is under unprecedented strain, the Dioptra Consortium has released compelling new ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) Emergency Watchlist pinpoints the countries most likely to face escalating humanitarian crises. Considering the likelihood and effects of war, ...

Around the world, droughts are becoming increasingly common due to rising global temperatures — and have serious impacts, leading to crop failures, famine and malnutrition. East Africa, for example, ...

Food insecurity set to increase as conflict increases, cities besieged The United Nations has issued a stark warning: in Mali, a million children under the age of five face the imminent threat of ...