JRS and Sturgeon call for reform of ‘deeply inhumane’ asylum system

The tragic death of a mother left destitute in a Glasgow flat “must never be allowed to happen again”, the Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) UK has said, as Scotland’s First Minister called for a complete reform of the UK’s “deeply inhumane” asylum system. Nicola Sturgeon said she is “consumed with sadness” and anger at the... Read More

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July 8, 2020

UK detention policy lacks humanity, says JRS report

Immigration detention destroys the sense of humanity and fosters a culture of death, a new report from the Jesuit Refugee Service UK has found. Detained and Dehumanised: The Impact of Immigration Detention draws from the accounts of 27 forcibly displaced people supported by JRS UK, with direct experience of detention spanning the last 20 years.... Read More

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May 14, 2020

Denying migrants access to services amid pandemic is ‘act of negligence’, says JRS UK

Denying migrants access to services amid the Covid-19 pandemic is an “act of negligence”, the Jesuit Refugee Service UK has said. The statement comes after analysis, recently released by the Office for National Statistics (ONS), suggested there is a stark difference on the impact of Covid-19 between different ethnic groups with the difference in death... Read More

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May 5, 2020

Bishop backs call for ‘leave to remain’

The lead Catholic bishop for migration and asylum has joined over 20 organisations working with asylum seekers and refugees in calling for a grant of a period of ‘leave to remain’ to those with insecure immigration status. A joint letter drafted by Jesuit Refugee Service UK calls on the Prime Minister to protect public health... Read More

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February 20, 2020

JRS UK joins calls for better support for refugees

Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS UK) has joined calls for better support for newly recognised refugees after fresh evidence revealed that many face destitution. A new report from the British Red Cross, entitled The costs of destitution: a cost-benefit analysis of extending the move-on period for new refugees, finds significant barriers to accessing support, the... Read More

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July 16, 2018

Cardinal Nichols condemns hard treatment of asylum seekers as ‘shame on our country’

Cardinal Vincent Nichols has condemned the Government’s hard treatment of asylum seekers as a “shame on our country”. “If you’re here for 10 years and you can’t have a residence, you can’t study, you can’t work, you have no income, it’s as if you are being told you are a ‘non-person’, and it’s that darkness... Read More

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June 5, 2018

Refugee agency recommits to serving Syrians despite US ‘retreat’

The Jesuit Refugee Service pledged to continue supporting some of the 11 million displaced Syrians, including 9 million refugees, as the US government’s response to the world’s worst humanitarian crisis since World War II is in “retreat.” Fewer than 50 Syrian refugees have been admitted into the United States to seek protection through resettlement during... Read More

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June 8, 2016

Restrictive EU migration policies force desperate people to take deadly routes

Catholic organisations have called on European leaders to alter restrictive EU migration policies in a bid to prevent refugees from taking deadly journeys. While interior ministers meet tomorrow to discuss EU migration policies, people trying to reach the safety of Europe continue to die en route. Caritas Europa and Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe have... Read More

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May 29, 2016

JRS official in Malawi says albino refugees warned to avoid certain areas

Albinos in a Malawi refugee camp have to be warned not to walk alone outside the camp, a Church official said after a national newspaper reported the killing of a 38-year-old farmer on 24th May. The death brought the number of people with albinism killed in Malawi in the past two years to 18. Believed... Read More

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May 12, 2016

JRS and other groups urge Kenya to reconsider closing refugee camps

Jesuit Refugee Service has urged Kenya to reconsider its plans to close camps that host hundreds of thousands of Somali and South Sudanese refugees. “The directive to close the camps violates the general principle of voluntary repatriation of refugees living in Kenya,” JRS and 10 other humanitarian organisations said in a statement. They noted the... Read More

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JRS and Sturgeon call for reform of ‘deeply inhumane’ asylum system

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Denying migrants access to services amid pandemic is ‘act of negligence’, says JRS UK

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JRS UK joins calls for better support for refugees

Cardinal Nichols condemns hard treatment of asylum seekers as ‘shame on our country’

Refugee agency recommits to serving Syrians despite US ‘retreat’

Restrictive EU migration policies force desperate people to take deadly routes

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