Refugees

108th World Day of Migrants and Refugees

September 19, 2022

Pope Francis, in a special video message, asks: "How can we make migrants and refugees more involved in our communities?"

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Working Notes: Migrations in our common home

June 7, 2022

The recent 'Working Notes' publishes a set of papers from an SMA summer school on 'Migrations in our Common Home'.

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JRS prioritises protection of refugees during pandemic

April 14, 2021

Eugene Quinn, National Director of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Ireland, reports on the latest local, regional and global JRS responses to Covid-19

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Forty years of service

November 13, 2020

The Jesuit Refugee Service marks 40 years of accompanying, serving, and advocating for asylum seekers, refugees, and the forcibly displaced

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‘Forced like Jesus Christ to flee’

September 24, 2020

The theme which Pope Francis has chosen for this year's World Day of Migrants and Refugees, on Sunday 27 September, is 'Forced like Jesus Christ to flee'

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Covid-19 emergency appeal

September 16, 2020

Restrictions on movement imposed to prevent Covid-19 spreading in African countries have had a catastrophic impact on vulnerable communities according to Irish Jesuit Missions

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World Day of Migrants and Refugees

July 22, 2020

In a new video, Pope Francis urges us to an attentive and humble listening ahead of World Day of Migrants and Refugees on 27 September

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Call for Ireland to do more for refugee resettlement

September 20, 2019

Jesuit Refugee Service joins migrant advocacy coalition to call on Ireland to do more for resettlement

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Still hope for Europe

May 29, 2019

JRS Ireland declare their satisfaction that European citizens have repudiated an anti-migrant version of Europe

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JRS launch campaign for EU elections

April 10, 2019

The JRS has launched #ThePowerofVote campaign to urge EU Parliament voters to remember the rights of refugees

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