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class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/ethiopia" aria-label="Ethiopia">Ethiopia</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/ivory-coast" aria-label="Ivory Coast">Ivory Coast</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/kenya" aria-label="Kenya">Kenya</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/liberia" aria-label="Liberia">Liberia</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/libya" aria-label="Libya">Libya</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/mali" aria-label="Mali">Mali</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/niger" aria-label="Niger">Niger</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/nigeria" aria-label="Nigeria">Nigeria</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/somalia" aria-label="Somalia">Somalia</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/south-sudan" aria-label="South Sudan">South Sudan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/sudan" aria-label="Sudan">Sudan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/tanzania" aria-label="Tanzania">Tanzania</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/uganda" aria-label="Uganda">Uganda</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/zimbabwe" aria-label="Zimbabwe">Zimbabwe</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Middle East</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/iraq" aria-label="Iraq">Iraq</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/jordan" aria-label="Jordan">Jordan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/lebanon" aria-label="Lebanon">Lebanon</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/occupied-palestinian-territory-opt" aria-label="Occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)">Occupied Palestinian territory (oPt)</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/syria" aria-label="Syria">Syria</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/yemen" aria-label="Yemen">Yemen</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Asia</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/afghanistan" aria-label="Afghanistan">Afghanistan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/bangladesh" aria-label="Bangladesh">Bangladesh</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/malaysia" aria-label="Malaysia">Malaysia</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/myanmar" aria-label="Myanmar">Myanmar</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/pakistan" aria-label="Pakistan">Pakistan</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/thailand" aria-label="Thailand">Thailand</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Latin America</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/colombia" aria-label="Colombia">Colombia</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/el-salvador" aria-label="El Salvador">El Salvador</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/venezuela" aria-label="Venezuela">Venezuela</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/mexico" aria-label="Mexico">Mexico</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Europe</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/united-kingdom" aria-label="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/germany" aria-label="Germany">Germany</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/greece" aria-label="Greece">Greece</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/italy" aria-label="Italy">Italy</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/serbia" aria-label="Serbia">Serbia</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/topic/ukraine-crisis" aria-label="Ukraine">Ukraine</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/united-states" aria-label="United States">United States</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/uk/country/united-kingdom" aria-label="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item--type-2" data-rpl-main-menu-level-1><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item-link" href="/uk/what-we-do" aria-label="What We Do">What We Do</a><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target aria-label="Main Menu Option Expand Toggle"></button><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item--last"/><p class="rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item-title">placeholder</p><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-3"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Where We Focus</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/supporting-refugees-uk" aria-label="Integration in the UK">Integration in the UK</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/topic/support-refugees" aria-label="Supporting Refugees">Supporting Refugees</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/outcome/women-and-girls" aria-label="Women's Protection and Empowerment">Women's Protection and Empowerment</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/irc-westminster" aria-label="IRC in Westminster ">IRC in Westminster </a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/topic/climate-change" aria-label="Climate Change">Climate Change</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/outcome/education" aria-label="Education">Education</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/outcome/health" aria-label="Health">Health</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/outcome/safety" aria-label="Safety">Safety</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/outcome/cash-relief" aria-label="Cash Relief">Cash Relief</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/outcome/economic-wellbeing" aria-label="Economic Wellbeing">Economic Wellbeing</a></li></ul></div></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-title" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target>Our Approach</div><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target></button><div class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-wrapper"><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-1"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="https://medium.com/rescue-aid" aria-label="Ideas & Impact">Ideas & Impact</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/page/how-we-use-evidence" aria-label="How We Use Evidence">How We Use Evidence</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="https://medium.com/air-bel" aria-label="Airbel Centre R&D">Airbel Centre R&D</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/reports" aria-label="Reports & Resources">Reports & Resources</a></li></ul><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-4 rplc-main-menu__level-4--group-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/outcome/women-and-girls" aria-label="Centred on Women and Girls">Centred on Women and Girls</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/resource/strategy-100-brochure" aria-label="Strategy 100">Strategy 100</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item"><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-4-menu-item-link" href="/uk/article/ircs-commitment-safeguarding" aria-label="Commitment to Safeguarding">Commitment to Safeguarding</a></li></ul></div></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item--type-1" data-rpl-main-menu-level-1><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item-link" href="/uk/how-to-help" aria-label="How to Help">How to Help</a><button class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-expand-toggle" data-rpl-main-menu-expanding-section-target aria-label="Main Menu Option Expand Toggle"></button><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-2"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item"/><p class="rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item-title">Give</p><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-3"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="https://help.rescue-uk.org/" aria-label="Donate">Donate</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="https://www.rescue.org/uk/make-lasting-impact" aria-label="Donate Monthly">Donate Monthly</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="https://irc.weeklylottery.org.uk/" aria-label="Play IRC's Weekly Lottery">Play IRC's Weekly Lottery</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="https://irc.raffleentry.org.uk/" aria-label="Play the IRC raffle">Play the IRC raffle</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/uk/our-supporter-promise" aria-label="Our Supporter Promise">Our Supporter Promise</a></li></ul></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item--last"/><p class="rplc-main-menu__level-2-menu-item-title">Join Us</p><ul class="rplc-main-menu__level-3"><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/uk/become-corporate-partner" aria-label="Become a Corporate Partner">Become a Corporate Partner</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/uk/become-philanthropic-partner" aria-label="Become a Philanthropic Partner">Become a Philanthropic Partner</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/uk/fundraise-refugees" aria-label="Fundraise">Fundraise</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="https://www.rescue.org/uk/what-face-face-fundraising" aria-label="Face to Face Fundraising">Face to Face Fundraising</a></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item--leaf" data-rpl-main-menu-level-3><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-3-menu-item-link" href="/uk/careers" aria-label="Careers">Careers</a></li></ul></li></ul></li><li class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item--type-1" data-rpl-main-menu-level-1><a class="rplc-main-menu__level-1-menu-item-link 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class="rplc-teaser-icon__summary">to strengthen the UK's policies to help people to survive, recover and rebuild their lives</div></div></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="31026" class="rplc-news-and-features"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">News & features</h2></div></div><div class="rplc-news-and-features__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><ul class="rpll-two-column-list rpll-two-column-list--highlighted rpll-two-column-list--respond-laptop"><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted"><a href="/uk/article/crisis-sudan-what-happening-and-how-help" class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__wrapper-link" aria-label="Crisis in Sudan: What is happening and how to help" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-07/pic_3.jpg?itok=VLoiJUmL" alt="Altuma stands in her temporary house with her three children." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-07/pic_3.jpg?itok=oj1eGbno 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-07/pic_3.jpg?itok=coJpu_W_ 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_1280px_wide/public/2024-07/pic_3.jpg?itok=5ZvODn0d 1280w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 976px, (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__text-wrapper" tabindex="0"><div class="rpla-slug"> Escalating conflict </div><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--extra-large">Crisis in Sudan: What is happening and how to help</h3><div class="rplc-teaser-highlighted__summary">Sudan tops the IRC’s 2024 Watchlist, a list of countries most likely to experience a deteriorating humanitarian crisis. </div><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one rpla-link--subtype-inverse">Learn more </div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/uk/article/meet-dedicated-doctor-battling-child-malnutrition-sudan" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Meet the dedicated doctor battling child malnutrition in Sudan" data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-09/20220326-Sudan-NTaha-Health-3-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?h=e07632c6&itok=HMApRTmX" alt="Dr. Mogahed (29) outside the IRC medical clinic at Tunaydbah camp in Al Gedaref." srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-09/20220326-Sudan-NTaha-Health-3-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?h=e07632c6&itok=HMApRTmX 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-09/20220326-Sudan-NTaha-Health-3-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?h=e07632c6&itok=66EDH2Jy 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-09/20220326-Sudan-NTaha-Health-3-1200x800-5b2df79.jpg?h=e07632c6&itok=kPEnN62T 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Crisis in Sudan </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Meet the dedicated doctor battling child malnutrition in Sudan</h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Find out more</div></div></div></a></div></li><li class="rpll-two-column-list__item"><div class="rplc-teaser-standard"><a href="/uk/article/why-cant-refugees-and-asylum-seekers-travel-freely-safety-understanding-power-passports" class="rplc-teaser-standard__wrapper-link" aria-label="Why can't refugees and asylum seekers travel freely to safety? Understanding the power of passports " data-rpla-hover-target data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__image-wrapper" tabindex="0"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-10/annie-spratt-kMuaT5cXggc-unsplash.jpg?itok=KBoPI0CR" alt="A British passport" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_208px_wide/public/2024-10/annie-spratt-kMuaT5cXggc-unsplash.jpg?itok=KBoPI0CR 208w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_528px_wide/public/2024-10/annie-spratt-kMuaT5cXggc-unsplash.jpg?itok=BWNidBLF 528w, /sites/default/files/styles/widescreen_16x9_736px_wide/public/2024-10/annie-spratt-kMuaT5cXggc-unsplash.jpg?itok=lPvl6i5E 736w," sizes="(min-width: 1208px) 592px, (min-width: 641px) calc(100vw - 3rem), (min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem), 320px" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__text-wrapper"><div class="rpla-slug"> Safe routes </div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__title"><h3 class="rpla-heading rpla-heading--medium-large">Why can't refugees and asylum seekers travel freely to safety? Understanding the power of passports </h3></div><div class="rplc-teaser-standard__cta-wrapper"><div role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read the article</div></div></div></a></div></li></ul></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="47919" class="rplc-quote"><div class="rplm-section-heading"><div class="rplm-section-heading__title-icon-wrapper"><h2 class="rplm-section-heading__title">Why the IRC</h2></div></div><div class="rplc-quote__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-quote__image-text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-quote__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_640px_wide/public/2022-12/Adjoa%20Andoh%2032%20%281%29%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg?h=831131a4&itok=NgkIMoFn" alt="Adjoa Andoh" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_400px_wide/public/2022-12/Adjoa%20Andoh%2032%20%281%29%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg?h=831131a4&itok=NzvEI-qL 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_640px_wide/public/2022-12/Adjoa%20Andoh%2032%20%281%29%20%281%29%20%281%29.jpg?h=831131a4&itok=NgkIMoFn 2571w," sizes="(min-width: 641px) 328px,(min-width: 321px) calc(100vw - 2rem),320px" /></div><div class="rplc-quote__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-quote__icon-wrapper"><div class="rpla-icon rpla-icon--quote-mark rpla-icon--fill-branded"><svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-miterlimit="1.414"><path d="M.97 14.207V8.842c0-3.787 1.858-6.488 5.715-7.05v2.56C4.72 4.95 4.44 6.283 4.405 8.14h2.28v6.067H.97zm8.345 0V8.842c0-3.787 1.893-6.488 5.716-7.05v2.56c-1.963.597-2.244 1.93-2.28 3.788h2.28v6.067H9.316z" fill-rule="nonzero"/></svg></div></div><div class="rplc-quote__text-inner-wrapper"><blockquote class="rplc-quote__quote"><p class="rplc-quote__quote-text"><div>In different circumstances, it could be any of us. A few years ago, the women from Ukraine I spoke to did not expect that they, too, would be refugees. We all have the power to help.</div></p><div class="rplc-quote__attribution"><div class="rplc-quote__attributed-person"><div>Adjoa Andoh</div></div><div class="rplc-quote__attributed-person-role"><div>Actor and IRC Ambassador</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="l-embeddable-row"><div id="31272" class="rplc-special"><div class="rplc-special__content" data-rpl-special-container data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div><div id="33833" class="rplc-call-to-action-1 rplc-call-to-action-1--background-black rplc-call-to-action-1--position-middle"><div class="rplc-call-to-action-1__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><a href="https://help.rescue-uk.org/donate-evergreen?ms=ws_article_fy24_evergreen_ukmk_aug&initialms=ws_article_fy24_evergreen_ukmk_aug&img=yes" class="rplc-call-to-action-1__content-wrapper" aria-label=" <div>Donate today</div> " data-rpla-hover-target><div class="rplc-call-to-action-1__text-wrapper"><h3 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class="rplm-pager-item-1__slug">Saghar</div> <div class="rplm-pager-item-1__title">Saghar&#039;s story of creativity</div> </button> " data-rpl-slider-responsive='[]'><div class="rplc-teaser-story"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-story__quote-mark-wrapper"><div class="rpla-icon rpla-icon--quote-mark rpla-icon--fill-white"><svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-miterlimit="1.414"><path d="M.97 14.207V8.842c0-3.787 1.858-6.488 5.715-7.05v2.56C4.72 4.95 4.44 6.283 4.405 8.14h2.28v6.067H.97zm8.345 0V8.842c0-3.787 1.893-6.488 5.716-7.05v2.56c-1.963.597-2.244 1.93-2.28 3.788h2.28v6.067H9.316z" fill-rule="nonzero"/></svg></div></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__quote"><div>I want to be a professional fashion designer in my traditional Afghani dress. I want to recreate this style and bring it into the current style.</div></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__image-summary-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_640px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=5ae1bed6&itok=pqpQjD6V" alt="Saghar Khalid " srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_100px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=5ae1bed6&itok=0Bcm5-a0 100w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_200px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=5ae1bed6&itok=WD4bwfcp 200w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_400px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=5ae1bed6&itok=TMlSl1wz 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_640px_wide/public/2023-09/20230911-08%20UK%20SKhalid%20Leadership%20Program-fashion%205-5-Edited.jpg?h=5ae1bed6&itok=pqpQjD6V 1281w," sizes="(min-width: 641px) 192px,112x" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__summary-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__summary"><div>Journalist Saghar was forced to leave her home in Afghanistan with her husband two years ago. Despite arriving in the UK with limited English skills, Saghar hasn’t let that stand in the way of her dream to become a fashion designer.</div></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__link-wrapper"><a href="/uk/article/meet-saghar-afghan-journalist-making-her-fashion-dreams-reality-liverpool" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">Read more</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="rpll-slider-layout-1__slide" data-rpl-slider-slide-pager-item=" <button role="button" class="rplm-pager-item-1 rplm-pager-item-1--mobile-dots"> <div class="rplm-pager-item-1__slug">Mohammad</div> <div class="rplm-pager-item-1__title">Mohammad&#039;s story of determination</div> </button> " data-rpl-slider-responsive='[]'><div class="rplc-teaser-story"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-story__quote-mark-wrapper"><div class="rpla-icon rpla-icon--quote-mark rpla-icon--fill-white"><svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-miterlimit="1.414"><path d="M.97 14.207V8.842c0-3.787 1.858-6.488 5.715-7.05v2.56C4.72 4.95 4.44 6.283 4.405 8.14h2.28v6.067H.97zm8.345 0V8.842c0-3.787 1.893-6.488 5.716-7.05v2.56c-1.963.597-2.244 1.93-2.28 3.788h2.28v6.067H9.316z" fill-rule="nonzero"/></svg></div></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__quote"><div>When I started working for the IRC as an interpreter, it gave me a feeling that I had back in my home country, that I am in the same position and in the same field, supporting people who need help.</div></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__image-summary-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_640px_wide/public/2023-11/20231114%20London%20M%20Yaqoob%20Khaliqi.jpg?h=79ee66d3&itok=mXwABEWW" alt="Mohammad Khaliqi" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_100px_wide/public/2023-11/20231114%20London%20M%20Yaqoob%20Khaliqi.jpg?h=79ee66d3&itok=1lO7jVQ- 100w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_200px_wide/public/2023-11/20231114%20London%20M%20Yaqoob%20Khaliqi.jpg?h=79ee66d3&itok=BK3l3j4p 200w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_400px_wide/public/2023-11/20231114%20London%20M%20Yaqoob%20Khaliqi.jpg?h=79ee66d3&itok=y14p8FkA 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_640px_wide/public/2023-11/20231114%20London%20M%20Yaqoob%20Khaliqi.jpg?h=79ee66d3&itok=mXwABEWW 1149w," sizes="(min-width: 641px) 192px,112x" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__summary-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__summary"><div>Mohammad arrived in the UK two years ago with his wife. As well as studying for his master's degree, Mohammad completed the interpreting course level 3 funded by the IRC and was then recruited as an interpreting consultant for the team in Dari and Pashto.</div></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__link-wrapper"><a href="/uk/article/everyone-should-be-protected-how-mohammad-using-his-career-help-other-refugees" role="link" class="rpla-link rpla-link--type-one">His story</a></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="rpll-slider-layout-1__slide" data-rpl-slider-slide-pager-item=" <button role="button" class="rplm-pager-item-1 rplm-pager-item-1--mobile-dots"> <div class="rplm-pager-item-1__slug">Read more</div> <div class="rplm-pager-item-1__title">Halyna and Masoma&#039;s story of friendship</div> </button> " data-rpl-slider-responsive='[]'><div class="rplc-teaser-story"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__content" data-rpl-state-target-contextual-menu><div class="rplc-teaser-story__quote-mark-wrapper"><div class="rpla-icon rpla-icon--quote-mark rpla-icon--fill-white"><svg viewBox="0 0 16 16" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" fill-rule="evenodd" clip-rule="evenodd" stroke-linejoin="round" stroke-miterlimit="1.414"><path d="M.97 14.207V8.842c0-3.787 1.858-6.488 5.715-7.05v2.56C4.72 4.95 4.44 6.283 4.405 8.14h2.28v6.067H.97zm8.345 0V8.842c0-3.787 1.893-6.488 5.716-7.05v2.56c-1.963.597-2.244 1.93-2.28 3.788h2.28v6.067H9.316z" fill-rule="nonzero"/></svg></div></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__text-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__quote"><div>“We managed to rebuild ourselves, and now we want to help others build a career here and find a new way to live in the UK.”</div></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__image-summary-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__image-wrapper"><img class='rpla-responsive-image' src="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_640px_wide/public/2024-02/20240210%20United%20Kingdom%20N.Bartram%20International%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Day%20-37%20%284%29.jpg?h=c03732af&itok=yB0R4-RC" alt="Masoma and Halyna" srcset="/sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_100px_wide/public/2024-02/20240210%20United%20Kingdom%20N.Bartram%20International%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Day%20-37%20%284%29.jpg?h=c03732af&itok=63uUWTvn 100w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_200px_wide/public/2024-02/20240210%20United%20Kingdom%20N.Bartram%20International%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Day%20-37%20%284%29.jpg?h=c03732af&itok=_9uj4-ml 200w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_400px_wide/public/2024-02/20240210%20United%20Kingdom%20N.Bartram%20International%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Day%20-37%20%284%29.jpg?h=c03732af&itok=SsCnqM51 400w, /sites/default/files/styles/square_1x1_640px_wide/public/2024-02/20240210%20United%20Kingdom%20N.Bartram%20International%20Women%E2%80%99s%20Day%20-37%20%284%29.jpg?h=c03732af&itok=yB0R4-RC 769w," sizes="(min-width: 641px) 192px,112x" /></div><div class="rplc-teaser-story__summary-wrapper"><div class="rplc-teaser-story__summary"><div>After meeting on the IRC's leadership course, Halyna and Masoma have developed a wonderful friendship where they continue to support one another to integrate in the UK. 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