ICMC mourns the irreparable losses suffered by the 45.2 million people displaced by violence, persecution or rights abuses. This is an 18-year high.

ICMC celebrates the 15.2 million refugees around the world, who have shown courage, resilience and humility.

Their incredible patience demonstrates how hard it is to kill hope.

We thank them for that and thank all our donors, private and institutional, for their support, whether small or big.

Every dollar can help.

Every refugee counts. Every day counts.

For ICMC, every day is ‘World Refugee Day’. It has been for more than 60 years.

We strive to protect refugees regardless of their faith, race, ethnicity and nationality.

We act now:

• Providing emergency and humanitarian assistance<: rental assistance, hygiene packages, non-food items, access to primary health care, etc.

We catalyze change for the long term:

• Lobbying at supranational and government levels to make sure refugee protection and global migration governance are priorities in the “next generation” of Millennium Development Goals,
• Working in partnership with local and peer international organizations,
• Empowering and building the capacity of authorities and communities.

We help refugees in the world’s most acute crises and vulnerable areas:

ICMC is present in Syria, giving the many Iraqi refugees and Syrian internally displaced persons access to, rental assistance, primary health care assistance, medical devices and other non-food items.

Syrian refugee children in ICMC’s new child-friendly space (CFS) at its office in Al-Mafraq, Jordan, receive recreational kits. The kits contain a school bag with colouring books designed for educational purposes and to raise awareness about gender-based violence, crayons, a soft toy and a bouncy ball.

ICMC is present in Jordan, reaching out to the 1.6 million Syrians who fed their country - more than half children.

Three quarters of the almost 480,000 Syrians who sought refuge in Jordan are now living with local host families.

ICMC helps them pay rent and assesses their needs and refers urgent medical cases to health assistance services.

Women participating in ICMC’s new European-Commission-Humanitarian-Office-funded gender-based violence (GBV) programme in al-Mafraq, Jordan, can attend weekly GBV sessions and monthly thematic events featuring special guest speakers.

ICMC is in Malaysia, helping the women and children among Burmese refugees combat gender-based violence.

ICMC is in Turkey and Lebanon, facilitating the resettlement-application process and arrival of refugees who want to start a new life in the United States.

ICMC is in Greece, helping the United Nations refugee agency and local authorities improve the asylum framework.

ICMC is present around the globe with more than 70 experts identifying the most vulnerable refugees in need of resettlement.

ICMC is also in

• Pakistan, home to the highest number of refugees worldwide (4.8 million) and hard hit by natural disasters, and
• Indonesia, contributing to the prevention of human trafficking through better enforcement of existing laws, policies and services for survivors.

-- ICMC Communications Desk in Geneva

Photocredit © ICMC/ A. Hampson / June 2013
Infographics © ICMC/ T. Clemens / June 2013