In December 2024, EU Member States – including Italy – submitted their National Implementation Plans ahead of the upcoming implementation of the EU Pact on Migration and Asylum. Yet, one year later, ...

Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, July 14, 2025 — 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 ...

We are seeing unprecedented levels of humanitarian need in the world today. Last year alone, nearly 340 million people identified as being in humanitarian need. In 2014, that number was 81 million ...

Sudan: More lives at risk as conflict spreads to parts of Al-Jazirah State, restricting access to aid, warns IRC ...

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 ...

Artillery shelling has hit a hospital run by IRC partner organization SAMS in Al Atareb, western Aleppo. The attack killed six people and injured at least 16. The hospital was damaged so severely it ...

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 ...

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 ...

people are in need of humanitarian assistance.

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 ...

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 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 ...