Jesuit Refugee Service
Education for peace
Students in community schools and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in refugee camps in Myanmar are learning about peace building through workshops run by the Jesuit...read more
New director for JRS Asia Pacific
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has appointed Louie Bacomo as the next Regional Director of JRS Asia Pacific. Bacomo will assume the role on June 1,...read more
Education for urban refugees in Bangkok
They are coming from Afghanistan, Pakistan, Vietnam, Somalia, Ethiopia, Cambodia, Sri Lanka and even Iraq. Some of them are children and some were still children...read more
Partnering to serve refugees in Cambodia: The Mercy Sisters and JRS
Women religious partnerships with JRS have become a vital element in aiding displaced people wherever there is need. This was the case 37 years ago,...read more
JRS partners with Jesuit law schools to help child migrants in the USA
In response to the dramatic increase in the number of unaccompanied children arriving in the United States from Central America over the past few years,...read more
JRS takes Australia government to task for shutting the door to refugees
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) has expressed "deep sadness" over the Australian government's decision to curb the number of refugees entering the country from Indonesia....read more
CAFOD chairman visits JRS amputees in Cambodia
Red, a former military man, lost his legs in 1982. The cause? A land mine – one of many the Khmer Rouge scattered in various...read more
Rebuilding after surviving the storm
Almost two months after Tropical Storm Washi hit, the devastation it wreaked is “old news” for the media, but for the many people, the devastation...read more
JRS Strategic Framework 2012-2015
The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) published in January its strategic framework for the next four years, upon receiving approval of the document from Father General...read more