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 ...

The International Rescue Committee uses our learning and experience to assist people affected by crisis and shape humanitarian policy and practice. Browse our research and resources.

The International Rescue Committee provides opportunities for refugees, asylees, victims of human trafficking, survivors of torture, and other immigrants to thrive in America. Each year, thousands of ...

The IRC helps refugees and asylum seekers with immediate aid, legal support, and other critical services. Harmful U.S. policies place people facing crises in need of humanitarian protection at greater ...

The IRC's 2025 Emergency Watchlist highlights the top 10 global crises, focusing on countries like Sudan, Syria, and Myanmar, where conflict, climate change, and economic instability exacerbate ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s assessment of the 20 countries at greatest risk of new humanitarian emergencies each year. It is based on an analytically ...

Drought is caused by a lack of rainfall, causing serious water shortages. It can be fatal. Droughts can be triggered by natural causes and by human activity. The IRC is delivering life-saving support ...

Every day, millions of people worldwide face life-threatening crises. Humanitarian aid is a vital lifeline that delivers a variety of essential services to those in need. But as global crises escalate ...

Heightened conflict and climate shocks are increasing humanitarian needs in Somalia as communities work to recover from the country’s most severe drought in four decades, which has reduced food ...

Each year, the International Rescue Committee analyzes 190 countries and territories to identify the countries at greatest risk of experiencing a new or worsening humanitarian crisis in the coming ...

Climate change is set to unleash widespread and sustained damage across the world—even if we succeed in limiting global warming. This is not a problem for future generations to solve. The catastrophic ...