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Focus on mental health - Safeguarding refugee mental health

World Health Organisation focal point for mental health in emergencies, Dr Mark Van Ommeren talks to JRS Europe

07/10/11

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Focus on mental health - Torture a cause of mental health problems

A collaboration between Centro Astalli and the Italian health authority has led to the creation of a support service for torture victims 07/10/11

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Focus on mental health - Going the extra mile

Well-travelled psychologist Sr. Maria Jose Rebelo provides mental health counselling to refugees at JRS Portugal 07/10/11

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EU border agency exposes migrants to inhuman treatment

A new Human Rights Watch report reveals Frontex involvement in sending migrants to abusive conditions in Greek detention centres. 21/09/11

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JRS Europe reacts to new Frontex Regulation

The reform introduces rights protections, but still lacks effective monitoring mechanisms. 13/09/11  

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Urgent Appeal for Somalis

JRS has announced plans to step up work for Somalis in Ethiopia and Kenya, in the midst of the severe humanitarian crisis in the Horn of Africa.

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JRS Europe publishes 2010 annual report

Report urges EU leaders to heed the concerns of refugees

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60 years of the UN Refugee Convention: Is it still valid?

JRS commemorates the 60th anniversary of the UN Refugee Convention by seeing how it responds to today's challenges

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JRS publishes new booklet on advocacy

New booklet shows how JRS empowers refugees and assists them with accessing their human rights 19/7/11

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Malta: People are more important, says JRS

JRS expresses grave concern for the 100 men, women and children stranded aboard a Spanish vessel of Maltese waters 15/7/11

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Students win refugee award at EU Parliament

JRS awards students' refugee awareness raising projects at the Pedro Arrupe Award ceremony 15/7/11

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Refugees left unprotected in Ukraine

EU-Ukraine relationship leaves refugees with access to basic rights, says JRS Europe in today's launch of a new report on Ukraine 29/6/11

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Refugee family finds no protection in Ukraine

A refugee recounts her family’s experience of detention and abuse in Ukraine 29/6/11

 

bullet JRS cosigns letter appealing to heads of state and governments of the European Union 20/6/11

 

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Refugee protection - illusion or reality

JRS Europe's Senior Advocacy Officer Stefan Kessler analyses refugee conditions in Europe 20/6/11

 

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JRS 2011 world refugee day press release

The 1951 Geneva convention, 60 years of refugee protection. So much done, but ample time for improvement. 20/6/11

 

bullet JRS Italy press release - Ship carrying 600 refugees sinks off Libya. 12/5/11 

 

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Italy: court rules detention to be used as a last resort 29/4/11

 

bullet Malta: migrants desperate to flee Libya 29/4/11

 

bullet Italian NGOs appeal to EU to evacuate refugees stranded in Libya 21/4/11

 

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NGOs call on EU for protection for refugees in

North Africa  12/4/11

 

 

bullet European Governments must uphold the fundamental rights of migrants   30/3/11

 

bullet JRS Europe: Protecting Refugees and Asylum Seekers Stranded in Libya 18/03/11

 

bullet JRS Urges EU to Prioritise the Needs of Vulnerable Refugees Stuck in Libya 08/03/11

 

bullet JRS Concerned for the Fate of Sub-Saharan Africans Stranded In Libya. 02/03/11

 

bullet JRS-Europe calls on EU to protect the rights of migrants arriving from North Africa. 23/02/11 

 

bullet A Major Blow to the Dublin System - The European Court of Human Rights rules that EU member states cannot expel asylum seekers to Greece, so long as its system is below EU standards. 31/01/11

 


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Recent Publications and Position Papers
 
  
bullet JRS Europe 2009 Annual Report (pdf)

 

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JRS Newsletter Nov 2010 (pdf) [2,68MB]

 

 

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JRS Newsletter July 2010 (pdf) [2,20MB]

 

 

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DEVAS REPORT Becoming Vulnerable in Detention - Full Report  [3.97 KB]                         

 

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DEVAS REPORT Executive Summary  [667 KB]     

 

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ANDES REPORT Living in Limbo: Forced Migrant Destitution in Europe - [2.15 MB]                                      

 

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JRS Europe Newsletter
November 2010 (pdf)

 

                                              

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Education - A Human Right Also for Migrant Children! (pdf) - [154KB]

 

                                             

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JRS Europe Annual Report 2009
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JRS Europe paper on the effects of the Dublin Regulation on asylum seekers

                                                                       

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Remarks made by JRS Europe at the Greek Refuge Council conference on the Dublin Regulation, March 2010 (pdf)

 

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JRS Europe legislative recommendations to the European Parliament for the recast Dublin Regulation

 

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JRS Europe working paper on "Legal Assistance and the Dublin Regulation"     

     

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JRS Europe policy memorandum on the recast Frontex Regulation

 

bullet JRS International newsletter, "Servir", November 2010

 

bullet JRS Europe article on destitution and detention, published in "Working Notes" edition of December 2010

 

bullet Remarks made by JRS Europe at celebration of JRS 30 year anniversary, Dublin, November 2010

 

bullet Contact committee on the return directive, November 2010

 

bullet The Refuge, May 2011

 

bullet The Refuge, October  2011

 

bullet International Detention Coalition launches letter writing campaign to end child detention, November 2011

 

bullet The Refuge, December 2011

 

bullet JRS Malta welcomes landmark court ruling December 2011
bullet Refugee protection is not given the value it is due

December 2011

bullet JRS Europe interviewed on Vatican Radio and Radio Chretienne Francophone

December 2011

     

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