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Responding to the world's worst crises, helping people survive, recover and gain control of their future. #RefugeesWelcome
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Wishing you and all your family a very merry Christmas from all of us at IRC.

#RefugeesWelcome—always. 💛
A drawing of a Christmas wreath. In the centre are the words: "All I want for Christmas is refugees to be welcomed."
December 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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"We regret the decision to cut the aid budget at a time when needs are escalating, but the aid which remains really needs to be better focused on fragile and conflict-affected states like those at the top of our Emergency Watchlist."

IRC UK Executive Director Flora Alexander speaks to @lbc.co.uk
December 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
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Over 50,000 Congolese refugees have fled to Burundi this December, many in critical condition.

IRC Burundi Director Amadou Ali said: "Families are sleeping under tarpaulins, without food, safe drinking water or blankets. The situation requires urgent support."
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An IRC staff member handing out aid packages to refugees sitting on a bus People gather around a stove beside makeshift shelters in a refugee camp An IRC staff member talks to a Congolese woman sitting on the ground Makeshift shelters in a refugee camp in Burundi
December 12, 2025 at 12:04 PM
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Thousands of pounds' worth of lifesaving medical supplies have been destroyed in an attack on one of Ukraine's largest medical warehouses.

The loss of vital supplies for hospitals, pharmacies & humanitarians leaves vulnerable people at even greater risk this winter.
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A photo of the collapsed remains of the medical warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine. The building is an unrecognisable pile of rubble and metal beams. A photo of the collapsed remains of the medical warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine A photo of the collapsed remains of the medical warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine A photo of the collapsed remains of the medical warehouse in Dnipro, Ukraine
December 8, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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This #GivingTuesday, triple your impact to help families survive the cold.

Right now, more than 123 million people around the world are displaced from their homes. Your tripled gift can help us deliver lifesaving care and critical aid to families in need.

Donate now: help.rescue-uk.org/sudan-up
Image: Two young girls in winter clothes stand outside in the snow with jerrycans beside them. Text: Triple your impact. All donation will be tripled for a limited time. Help families survive winter. Give a gift.
December 2, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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Palestinians in Gaza need a major surge in aid as winter conditions set in.

IRC teams report that rains have already flooded makeshift shelters, leaving thousands exposed to wind and cold temperatures.

Last winter, the UN reported children and infants dying from hypothermia in displacement camps.
Image: A man holding a child's hand, walking past makeshift tents surrounded by a huge pool of floodwater with a cloudy grey sky above. They are both wearing open sandals on their feet and neither have waterproof coats - the man is wearing a hoodie with the hood pulled up in an attempt at some protection from the weather. Text: "People in Gaza are living in makeshift shelters, exposed to rain, wind and freezing nights with little more than plastic sheets for protection." - Bob Kitchen, IRC Vice President for Emergencies
November 26, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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"It should be sacrosanct that you aren't sent back to danger. The countries with the most people crossing the Channel are Sudan & Afghanistan. There's a well-founded fear of torture if you're sent back to those countries."

David Miliband discusses the UK asylum policy announcement on @news.sky.com:
November 19, 2025 at 12:01 PM
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"We should play our fair share in solving the world's problems because if we don't, those problems will come to us... that's actually the way that we build our own security and our own prosperity."

David Miliband in conversation with @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk
November 18, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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"It's wrong to say that the choice is between compassion and order. It must be right that a smart [asylum] system treats people humanely, follows international and domestic law and ensures that there's order to the system."

David Miliband speaks to @andrewmarr.bsky.social on @lbc.co.uk:
November 18, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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"Those who've made it out are a small minority and they're bringing tales of horror with them. After a siege of 18 months that left people starving, we've now got testimony of killing on a large scale."

David Miliband & @yaldahakim.bsky.social discuss the crisis in El Fasher, Sudan on @news.sky.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:39 AM
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At least 170 unaccompanied children have been registered in Tawila after fleeing violence in El Fasher, Sudan.

"It's terrifying that so many children have made the journey without their parents. It leaves us asking: have they been killed? Where are they?"

More from IRC's Bob Kitchen on BBC News ⬇️
November 6, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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"What's happening right now in El Fasher is hell on earth. It has been besieged for 6-9 months. People are starving, people are thirsty… We're hearing atrocious stories of people being detained, being killed.”

IRC Darfur Crisis Lead Arjan Hehenkamp on @lbc.co.uk with @andrewmarr.bsky.social
October 31, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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Sudan is experiencing the world’s largest humanitarian crisis.

After more than 2 years of conflict, over 12 million people have been forced to flee their homes. Recently, violence in Darfur has newly displaced thousands more.

Learn more about the IRC's work in Sudan: www.rescue.org/uk/country/s...
Image: A close-up of Altuma, a woman in a striped headscarf and face covering with just her eyes showing, looking intently into the camera. Text: Keep eyes on Sudan
October 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
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As a months-long blockade by armed groups is finally lifted, the IRC is responding to huge needs in Léré, northern Mali.

Food insecurity driven by the restrictions was exacerbated by severe flooding last year. The IRC is currently the only NGO operating in the area.
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A woman in a brightly coloured, patterned dress carrying a young boy on her back at an IRC centre. She is holding a wad of cash that she has received as part of an emergency response programme. Nearby, a young woman in an orange headscarf is seated at a table, another woman is holding a child on her hip, and an IRC staff member in a branded vest is walking past. A woman dressed in an orange headscarf and dress is seated at a table receiving cash from an IRC staff member. Two other men are seated at the table opposite her. A crowd of people mills around behind her, and a banner with information about the IRC is hanging on the wall. A woman in a patterned dress and headscarf stands in front of a table, opposite an IRC staff member who is reading over paperwork. Beside her, a man in a patterned shirt and hat is sitting down. A banner with information about the IRC is hanging on the wall behind them. A woman in an orange headscarf and dress reaches out a hand across the table towards an IRC staff member opposite. Behind her, people stand and sit, waiting for assistance.
October 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
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"No matter how fast the aid operation scales up, there are people we won't be able to reach, and that only makes it all the more urgent that the uncertainty about the details of the plan are resolved quickly."

Watch IRC's Ciaran Donnelly discuss the opening up of aid access into Gaza on @cnn.com ⬇️
October 16, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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"We're really pleased to see that this agreement did include this this scale up of aid and this surge in humanitarian assistance going into Gaza alongside the hostage release. What we haven't seen yet on the ground is the scale that's needed."

The IRC's Kelly Razzouk on BBC News ⬇️
October 15, 2025 at 10:52 AM
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"It's important to underscore this is just a first step in the humanitarian surge that's needed. What we have to see over the coming days and weeks is a steady and sustained increase in the level of humanitarian aid being provided."

IRC's Ciaran Donnelly on the ceasefire in Gaza via @msnbc.com ⬇️
October 15, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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After over two years of Israeli bombardment, the situation on the ground in Gaza is absolutely devastating.

90% of the population is displaced. Nearly every single person in Gaza is in need of humanitarian assistance.

This cannot be allowed to go on any longer.
Image: A woman holding a young child walking past the rubble of destroyed buildings in Gaza. Text: The devastation in Gaza must end.
October 8, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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"One of my colleagues told me that the air is full of not just drones and fighting and bombardment but the sound of children crying because they are hungry... There's worse to come unless the borders are opened and aid allowed in."

IRC Vice President for Emergencies Bob Kitchen on BBC News:
September 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Last week, IRC Somalia welcomed a delegation from the WISH Dividend Consortium to Arif Health Centre in Mogadishu.

Supported by FCDO, the IRC is working with @ippfar.bsky.social and @johnshopkinsccp.bsky.social to expand access to family planning and sexual and reproductive health services.
A delegation of visitors at the Arif Health Centre in Mogadishu. A female staff member in a white coat, gloves and paper mask stands behind a trolley to greet a group of men and women entering the facility. Two female staff members sitting at a table filling in paperwork while a female patient and her small child are seated opposite. Other staff members are at work in the background. A woman holding a baby on her lap while a staff member in a white coat administers medicine. A large group of women and babies seated in chairs around room, with a female staff member in the middle talking to them.
September 19, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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"Cuts in global aid budgets are a clear and present danger to the services that are being delivered, which themselves are only a fraction of what's needed."

IRC President and CEO David Miliband speaks to BBC News about the urgent need for more international support for civilians in Sudan.
September 18, 2025 at 11:18 AM
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A reminder: No one chooses to be a refugee, but we can choose how to respond.

As tensions in the UK rise and misinformation about people seeking safety spreads, it's more important than ever to keep showing up for those at risk in our communities.
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September 17, 2025 at 8:20 AM
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The UK government’s plans to restrict family reunion could leave families separated by thousands of miles.

This is one of the only safe, regular routes available for many people. Restricting it risks pushing people into dangerous journeys. We urge the government protect this lifeline for families.
Image: A photo of a woman and her two children, a boy and a girl, dressed in school uniforms. The family are smiling and hugging as they pose for the photo. Text: Families belong together Image: A man holding up his very young daughter and kissing her cheek. Text: Families belong together. Image: A photo of a woman holding a mug of tea and pulling her teenage daughter in towards her to kiss her on the forehead. The girl is wrinkling her nose and pulling a face. Text: Families belong together.
September 3, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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“This latest earthquake is likely to dwarf the scale of the humanitarian needs caused by the Herat earthquakes of 2023,” said IRC Afghanistan Director Sherine Ibrahim.

The IRC is working on a needs assessment and will deploy emergency mobile medical teams.
Although we have been able to act fast, we are profoundly fearful for the additional strain that this disaster will have on the humanitarian response in Afghanistan. It is high time that the international community recognises the immense need in the country and steps up support. - Sherine Ibrahim, IRC Afghanistan Director
September 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM
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🚨 A major 6.0 magnitude earthquake has struck eastern Afghanistan.

Entire villages have been destroyed, many mountainous areas are inaccessible, at least 800 people have died and 2000 are reported injured.

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September 1, 2025 at 1:53 PM