Syrian refugees on the careers they left behind — STRANDED LIVES Part I: Forgotten faces | Part II: Newborn in squalor | Part III: Our jobs In this series, Lucy Carrigan and Kathleen Prior from the International Rescue Committee document the plight of refugees trapped by border closings along the Balkan route. They were professionals — teachers, mechanics, lawyers, hairdressers, police…

by Tyler Jump, IRC emergency communications officer The average American uses 100 gallons of water a day — from the moment we awake and brush our teeth — to washing up after supper. We take this essential element for granted, but when water is scarce, daily life becomes an unimaginable…

George Clooney and his wife Amal Clooney spoke with Syrian refugee families living in Berlin last month. The meeting was organized by the International Rescue Committee. …

New Beginnings — The refugee crisis in Europe has captivated the world with stories of desperate Syrians and others making the journey through Turkey, across the Aegean Sea and into the continent in search of a more secure and prosperous life. But this isn’t the first time we’ve witnessed waves of people displaced…

A daunting humanitarian crisis has gripped the world: 2015 draws to a close with the news that one million refugees and migrants from countries like Syria and Iraq that are experiencing relentless conflicts have fled to Europe for safety and a new start. Every day, thousands of refugees are making…

The horrific attacks in Paris by ISIS terrorists on Nov. 13 have sparked a dangerous backlash against refugees in Europe and the United States — particularly against Syrians, 13 million of whom have been uprooted by nearly five years of terror at home. …

Virtually all of us have ties to people who have sought refuge in the United States over time — our ancestors, families, friends. There’s a simple reason for this. The persecuted, the maligned and the forgotten have always found safety, peace and promise here. They have been welcomed and assimilated by those who came before them. The International Rescue Committee knows this well. Since our founding in 1933, inspired by a refugee named Albert Einstein, we have been at…

What refugees bring when they run for their lives — This year, nearly 100,000 men, women and children from war-torn countries in the Middle East, North Africa and South Asia have fled their homes and traveled by rubber dinghies across the Aegean Sea to Lesbos, Greece. Refugees travel light, for their trek is as dangerous as it is arduous. They…

By David Miliband, President and CEO of the International Rescue Committee (IRC), and Ravi Gurumurthy, the IRC’s Vice President of Strategy and Innovation HUMANITARIAN AID and the people who provide it are on the front lines of crisis and conflict every day. From climate change to demographic pressures and new…