The Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic
organisation. Its mission is to accompany, to serve and
to plead the cause of refugees and forcibly displaced
people. The JRS was set up by the Society of Jesus in
1980 and is now working over 50 countries worldwide. JRS
works with all refugees but has a particular concern at
present for the "forgotten" refugees who have moved out
of the media spotlight. There are over 40 million
forcibly displaced people worldwide. This includes 15
million refugees, 27 million internally displaced persons, and
more than 837,500 individuals whose asylum applications have not
yet been decided.
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe welcomes
the recommendations by the EU Ombudsman to Frontex,
the EU Border Agency to improve the situation for
migrants at Europe's borders. 18/04/2013
JRS in Italy, Centro Astalli,
launched their annual report yesterday
outlining the projects and services that they
provided to people seeking asylum over the past
year. 11/04/2013
JRS Europe
welcomes the publication of the EU Fundamental
Rights Agency’s most recent report detailing the
effect of current European migration policies at the
EU's southern sea borders.
27/03/2013
The Jesuit Refugee Service,
Germany has warmly welcomed an announcement
yesterday by the German Federal Government to accept
5,000 refugees from Syria for resettlement, the
first of which are due to arrive in Germany in June. 21/03/2013
JRS Germany has
joined a coalition of church and civil society
organisations in Germany to produce a memorandum
calling for fundamental changes in how asylum
seekers are assessed and placed in the EU.08/03/2013
JRS marks the 10 year
anniversary of the Dublin Regulation, one of the
most controversial EU laws on asylum, with a
reflection on its impact towards asylum seekers.
18/02/2013
Christian Fuchs, Communications Director of JRS USA,
has produced a collection of videos documenting the
work of JRS staff in five different countries around
the world.
11/01/2013
In Europe, JRS works in 25 countries. Activities
include: - visiting asylum seekers in detention - giving legal advice to asylum seekers and irregular
migrants - counselling those traumatised by persecution and
flight - providing pastoral care in open centres and closed
detention facilities - providing food and shelter to destitute asylum
seekers.
To find out more about JRS activities in Europe
or to contact a JRS Office click on the country in the
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