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Blog articles from JRS UK
Welcoming back refugee friends at the JRS shop
29 July 2021
Thanks to your donations refugee friends can choose what they need
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“JRS will always have a special place for me – it’s helped to root my Jesuit identity”
27 July 2021
Jesuit scholastic Richard reflects on his experience working at JRS over the last 2 years
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I am in admiration of the human spirit that tries to overcome adversity and hardship
22 July 2021
"We listen, we try to strengthen hope, we accompany" writes volunteer detention visitor Ursula
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Update on the Nationality & Borders Bill: there is much that can and must be done.
21 July 2021
Sadly, the Bill has passed the second reading, and will now progress to committee stage.
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JRS legal workshops: helping people to access justice
16 July 2021
“I only knew because JRS told me"
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Giving a refugee friend a chance to live in dignity
14 July 2021
By opening their homes to a stranger, our volunteer hosts respond to the call for hospitality
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“A denial of dialogue and encounter, and an absence of the need to truly understand”
01 July 2021
We are facing the creation of a system so inhuman, it will not listen to people claiming asylum
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“The impact of a listening ear and a functioning bike”
23 June 2021
Miriam shares the impact of your donations to the refugee friends’ hardship fund.
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“To walk together is both our nature and our deep need.”
17 June 2021
This Refugee Week volunteer Chris reflects on the experiences of immigration detainees.
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We Cannot Walk Alone
09 June 2021
Jo invites you to connect with the creative work of refugee friends this Refugee Week
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