UK aid cuts harm fragile states like Somalia & South Sudan. ODA diverted to refugee costs, risking setbacks in health, gender & poverty efforts.

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is alarmed by the abrupt closure of learning centers in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar, which will leave nearly 500,000 children without access to ...

The IRC announced winners of its latest open innovation challenge to improve access to contraceptive and hygiene products for ...

The International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns that Gaza’s water crisis has reached breaking point. Ongoing hostilities, mass ...

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 ...

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, ...

Khartoum, Sudan, May 27, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is gravely concerned by the alarming resurgence of cholera in Khartoum State and across Sudan, as the country continues to reel ...

A new era for foreign aid is upon us - whether we like it or not. Global needs and extreme poverty are escalating and increasingly concentrated in countries where we see an alarming convergence of ...

Cuts to U.S. aid for Afghanistan threaten essential IRC programs that deliver food, health care, education and critical support to millions in crisis.

As Yemen marks ten years of conflict, the International Rescue Committee warns that a growing gap between rising humanitarian needs and falling funding threatens to deepen the crisis for millions.

The U.S. Department of State’s decision to terminate all cooperative agreements with resettlement agencies this past Wednesday dismantles a decades-long public-private partnership that operated for 45 ...

As violence and conflict continue to escalate around the world, the International Rescue Committee (IRC) warns about high numbers of homicides and violence in Latin American countries. After a recent ...