The International Rescue Committee (IRC) today released its annual Emergency Watchlist, identifying the 20 countries most at ...

Last September I addressed this Council, warning that the humanitarian situation inside Syria continues to plunge to unfathomable depths. A further year has passed, and the devastating truth is that ...

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 ...

33.7 million people in humanitarian need, the largest humanitarian crisis since records began. Over 12 million people forcibly displaced since April 2023, the largest and fastest displacement crisis ...

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

IRC's programs typically operate Monday through Friday from 9am to 5pm. Our office is closed on Saturdays and Sundays. Please contact our immigration legal services team in one of two ways to schedule ...

Food insecurity reaches catastrophic levels: South Sudan enters 2026 with a hunger crisis—28,000 people face catastrophic ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) assessment of the 20 countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming year. The report is based ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee releases a list of the 20 humanitarian crises expected to deteriorate the most over the next year. For the past decade, this report has helped us ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the IRC’s assessment of the 20 countries at greatest risk of new humanitarian emergency each year. For the past decade, this report has helped the IRC determine where ...

The United States has a long tradition of sheltering those fleeing conflict and persecution. But the Trump Administration turned its back on that legacy, with refugee arrivals declining by 85% and ...

people are in need of humanitarian assistance.