Reports and Resources
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Open letter to Mr Notis Mitarakis Minister on Migration and Asylum [Greek]
Open letter to Mr Notis Mitarakis Minister on Migration and Asylum [Greek]
Open letter to Mr Notis Mitarakis Greece Minister on Migration and Asylum
Open letter to Mr Notis Mitarakis Greece Minister on Migration and Asylum
Building economies and communities that thrive: the case for investing in refugee workforce development
The International Rescue Committee’s RescueWorks programming deploys evidence-based solutions that not only save lives and rebuild livelihoods
IRC Emergency Watchlist 2020
Watchlist 2020 highlights the countries where the IRC assesses there to be the greatest risk of a major deterioration in the humanitarian situation in the coming year.
Open letter to EU leaders ahead of the Global Refugee Forum
Ahead of the Global Refugee Forum David Miliband's writes to EU leaders urging them to address the glaring gaps in Europe’s own response to migration.
Ruled out of work: Refugee women’s legal right to work
This briefing assesses the impact of the law on refugee women’s right to work and access economic opportunities in high refugee hosting countries.
Ruled out of work: Refugee women’s legal right to work
This briefing assesses the impact of the law on refugee women’s right to work and access economic opportunities in high refugee hosting countries.
"We Build Bridges" Roadmap to the Sustainable and Responsible Financial Inclusion of Forcibly Displaced Persons
The IRC along with a coalition of actors is supporting the implementation of a Roadmap to the Sustainable and Responsible Financial Inclusion of FDPs, which offers a set of key policy recommendations for each relevant stakeholder group: governments, the private sector, humanitarian and development agencies, research organisations, and the standard setting bodies (SSBs).
The Role of the World Bank in Fragile and Conflict-Affected Situations
This note outlines the critical importance of World Bank investments in fragile states and crisis-related funding through IDA, offers a constructive critique and stock-taking of the Bank’s latest efforts and provides recommendations for the Bank and its shareholders to consider moving forward.
"The war destroyed our dreams" Why the international community should invest in Yemen's peace
The war in Yemen has turned the country into the world’s largest humanitarian crisis. A crisis that is man-made and predictable, and therefore one for which solutions are within reach. For nearly half a decade, the international community has held the country’s increasingly vulnerable population back from the brink of catastrophe with life- saving humanitarian assistance. Aid saves lives, but to address the factors which continue to drive the suffering of Yemeni civilians demands an urgent acceleration of efforts to reduce violence and secure peace.