International Rescue Committee

IRC provides assistance in the form of relief, shelter and resettlement to refugees and other victims fleeing from or affected by oppression, epidemics, armed conflict, war, and other complex humanitarian emergencies worldwide.
Contact details
Address: 
122 East 42nd Street
Phone: 
1 212 551 3000

Features

  • In Brief
    WASHINGTON, Jul 1 (OneWorld.net) - Iraq is "devastated" and its people are angry, explains a peace activist detailing a visit to Baghdad after six years of U.S. occupation. The United States "has not taken responsibility to restore the country it destroyed," she writes. 

  • In Brief
    WASHINGTON, Jun 18 (OneWorld.net) - Due to outdated policies and a severe lack of funding, the United States is resettling Iraqi refugees into poverty and vulnerability, says an international refugee agency in a new report, calling for an overhaul of the system.

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