Refugees
U.S. helps Venezuelans in Colombia
A new $2.5 million initiative will help provide food and medical care to hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans who have fled poverty, hunger and tyranny.
The U.S. response to the global compact on migration
The United States and other countries as diverse as Australia and Hungary are opposing a U.N. proposal on migration. Read why the U.S. acted this way.
U.S. hospital ship provides hope in the Americas
The United States sent the USNS Comfort, a Navy hospital ship, to Central and South America to help with the refugee crisis coming out of Venezuela.
U.S. leads global effort to help Rohingya refugees
The refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, survived the first monsoon season thanks to the tireless work of global engineering and construction teams.
Pompeo: ‘We will continue to assist the world’s most vulnerable’
U.S. assistance reaches tens of millions of displaced and crisis-affected people worldwide. Learn more about how the U.S. helps those in need.
U.S. ends support for ‘flawed’ U.N. Palestinian refugee agency
The U.S. will no longer contribute to the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees that it calls "irredeemably flawed." It will instead look for other ways to help the refugees, especially children.
Selling falafel, helping refugees
Ahmad Ashkar sells falafel. He makes money and feeds refugees at the same time. It's a new business model, and it's working.
United States leads world in humanitarian aid [infographic]
When wars, earthquakes, famine and other disasters strike and leave millions suffering, the United States is always the most generous country to respond with help.
U.S. hosts Syrian robotics team
Living in a refugee camp didn't hold back these five promising teenagers from building a robot and qualifying for a world-renowned robotics competition.