Conflict risks new waves of displacement: A ceasefire in November 2024 brought a sustained but incomplete reduction in ...

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, ...

12 December 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is raising the alarm as thousands of people fleeing escalating clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) have crossed into Burundi ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ethiopia ranks on the IRC’s 2024 Emergency Watchlist as drought-stricken communities face the twin threats of conflict and the likelihood of El Niño-induced flooding. Although the ceasefire between ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...