Migration
The drive to teach in a conflict affected area
Ja Aung, a young woman from Myanmar, serves as a volunteer teacher in a school in Kachin State located in a non-government controlled area (NGCA)....read more
SJES: A journey of justice and reconciliation
This week, the Society of Jesus is celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Secretariat for Social Justice and Ecology (SJES), born in 1969 at the...read more
Empowering Filipino migrant workers through leadership and entrepreneurship
Filipino migrant workers in Korea are getting a boost in the areas of leadership, financial literacy and social entrepreneurship. On October 12, the Jesuit Apostolic...read more
Not just numbers but people with dignity
Indonesia hosts some 14,000 refugees from countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, Somalia and Iraq. They arrive in Indonesia hoping to be approved for third-country resettlement,...read more
Raising awareness on the dangers of human trafficking in Indonesia
The Migrants and Refugees Section of the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development published a 36-page document on “Pastoral Orientations on Human Trafficking” in...read more
Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service Australia to jointly convene CAPSA
The leaders of two Australian Jesuit Province social ministries, Jesuit Social Services and Jesuit Refugee Service Australia have signed an MOU to jointly convene the...read more
A call for a compassionate and humane Australian society
With the Federal Election in Australia on May 18, the Catholic Alliance for People Seeking Asylum (CAPSA), in which Jesuit Social Services takes a lead...read more
Global Compacts: walking with the excluded and the marginalised
In a time of increased globalisation, it is a sign of the times to live with the “stranger”. How do we prepare for the increasing...read more
Confronting the global issue of refugees and migrants
The Migration Network of the Jesuit Conference of Asia Pacific was in Seoul from April 24 to 29, to discuss how the Global Compacts on...read more