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A mother sits holding one of her sons on her lap. Two other children sit in chairs behind them.

The Ukraine-Russia crisis: What is happening?

A large window in a school in Ukraine. Nearly all of the glass is gone and there are three people inside the school looking around the room.

How can I help Ukraine?

Donate, speak out and get the facts

A large crowd sits or walks through a staircase underground in the Ukraine subway. A young girl in a pink sweatshirt is in the foreground

How does the IRC respond to an emergency like Ukraine?

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A girl in a red dress runs through a camp for displaced people in Kabul, Afghanista. There are people an makeshift homes in the background.

Against the odds

An Afghan woman and aid worker speaks out

An eleven-year-old girl looks at the camera while sitting outside in a camp for internally displaced people in Yemen. Laundry hangs to dry behind her.

The top 10 crises the world can't ignore in 2022

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Emergency response

Crisis Watch: Breaking news from the IRC

February 22, 2022

A woman sits on a couch in a living room looking out a window with a toddler on her lap.

Afghan refugees

What is next for Afghans who fled to the United States?

February 16, 2022

A screenshot from Disney's animated film Encanto. Mirabel, who has curly hair and wears glasses, hugs her Abuela, who has grey hair in a bun and a pink shirt.

Refugees welcome

Five ways Disney’s ‘Encanto’ celebrates refugees

February 7, 2022

Bashar stands and talks to two of his colleagues, who are sitting on the mobile stage Bashar uses. One colleague with a blue hat is clapping his hands while the other colleague, a woman, holds a cello

Back My Business

Meet Bashar: the Syrian artist making magic with his mobile theater

February 4, 2022

Omar, a 10-year-old Syrian boy, looks at himself in a mirror in his family's tent.

Crisis in Syria: Economic crisis compounds a decade of war

January 31, 2022

A Mexican mother wearing pink pants and a purple shirt stands with her arms around her young daughter, who has a long braid, in a hallway. They are asylum seekers in an IRC welcome center.

Is it legal to cross the U.S. border to seek asylum?

January 28, 2022

A woman with two kids manages to walk across the destroyed bridge over Higuito river on November 19, 2020 in Copan, Honduras, after Hurricane Iota.

Crisis in Honduras: Ongoing violence and climate shocks

January 26, 2022

A mother in Myanmar sits holding her yawning baby in a sling.

Crisis in Myanmar: Violent deadlock leaves millions in need

January 24, 2022

Ten-year-old Aisha, carrying her school bag in a camp for displaced families like hers in Yemen.

Crisis in Yemen: Protracted conflict pushes Yemenis deeper into need

January 21, 2022

Press releases

As over 1.5 million people flee Ukraine, women and children at increased risk of exploitation and abuse, warns IRC

Momentum to prevent famine in Afghanistan must continue; IRC calls on the international community to work swifty to save Afghan lives

IRC expande respuesta en Ecuador para apoyar a familias afectadas por los aluviones ocurridos en febrero

IRC expands response in Ecuador to support families affected by the February landslides

IRC statement on the European Union granting of temporary protection to people fleeing Ukraine

Aumento de violencia en el último año puede intensificar las crisis humanitarias en América Latina: IRC