Students at Rockhurst University, in Kansas City, Mo., learned about the harsh realities of refugee camp life at the Jesuit Refugee Service/USA (JRS/USA) Refugee Campout, held during the university’s Social Justice Week in April. Part....
Jesuit Commons: Higher Education at the Margins (JC:HEM), a project bringing online courses from Jesuit universities to refugee camps worldwide, is considering a major expansion that may eventually include the creation of an online-only Jesuit....
The comprehensive report details incidents of physical and verbal abuse suffered by migrants both at the hands of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and Mexican police, and through attacks by human traffickers, robbers and gangs. Additionally, the study highlights the stories of migrants separated from family members and those who have been sexually assaulted by criminals, left for dead in the desert and then denied medical care by U.S. border agents.
Colin Gilbert’s current post in Amman, Jordan, as Country Director for Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Jordan, affords him a striking, personal view of the current Syrian crisis and the refugees it affects. Next month, Gilbert....
During a reception celebrating Mexico's Independence Day, Consul General Jaime Paz y Puente presented the Mexican government's Othli award to the Kino Border Initiative, represented by Jesuit Father Sean Carroll, executive director of the organization, along with staff members and volunteers.
A new booklet that addresses all aspects of Jesuit Refugee Service advocacy — from day-to-day work to longer-term activities seeking to change policies nationally, regionally and globally — is available for download.
JRS Eastern Africa Regional Director Jesuit Father Frido Pflueger visited the Dollo Ado refugee camps in southeast Ethiopia recently and found that JRS must focus on the children there. He said more than 80 percent of the refugees there are younger than 18.
Jesuit Refugee Service Eastern Africa Director Jesuit Father Frido Pflueger said the meeting of the UN Food and Agricultural Organization to discuss ways of alleviating the suffering of more than 11 million people in the Horn of Africa was a positive sign, but that the statements must be translated into concrete action.
Fires that swept through two U.N. camps in eastern Nepal on March 22 left up to 6,000 refugees from Bhutan homeless and burned down a health center and two Jesuit-run youth centers. Jesuit Father Paramasivam....
Refugees in the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya are now able to study for a certificate in social services after Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) launched its first certificate program as part of a distance higher....
