Yemen is entering its most dangerous food security phase in years. The latest IPC projections for September 2025–February 2026 show that over half the population - 18 million people - are expected to ...

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 ...

For more than a decade, the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) annual Emergency Watchlist has accurately predicted 85-95 percent of the countries most likely to face a worsening humanitarian ...

Athens, Greece, January 24, 2022 — The hunger crisis in Greece is continuing as figures show that forty per cent of people living in Greek refugee camps are being denied food as a result of a decision ...

Global aid faces a $25 billion funding crisis in 2024, leaving 300 million people without essential humanitarian support as major donors cut budgets. Thirteen countries—including Afghanistan, Yemen, ...

N'Djamena, Chad, May 15, 2025 — The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply concerned by the humanitarian situation in Chad’s eastern regions which is reaching a breaking point. Chad has ...

Cuts to U.S. aid for Afghanistan are forcing the shutdown of lifesaving IRC programs that provide food, health care, education and protection. Millions of Afghans are at greater risk of hunger, ...

Every day, millions of people worldwide face life-threatening crises. Humanitarian aid is a vital lifeline that delivers a variety of essential services to those in need. But as global crises escalate ...

Shortly after taking office, the Trump Administration announced the suspension of refugee resettlement, a program that offers safety to some of the most vulnerable refugees in the world and has saved ...

Over 82% of those in global humanitarian need live in 20 countries at greatest risk of humanitarian deterioration in 2025. Sudan is now the biggest humanitarian crisis ever recorded, accounting for 10 ...

The Emergency Watchlist report is the International Rescue Committee’s (IRC) assessment of the 20 countries at greatest risk of new humanitarian emergencies each year. The report is based on an ...

Am 10. April 2024 wurde nach Jahren intensiver Verhandlungen der EU Migrations- und Asylpakt, trotz vieler Bedenken von Nicht-Regierungsorganisationen wie IRC, vom Europäischen Parlament beschlossen.