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Blog articles from JRS UK
Detention is self-destructive
16 June 2022
Sophie, JRS Senior Policy Officer, reflects on the inhumanity of detention centres in the UK.
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Making a friend away from home
08 June 2022
Liliane, JRS Day Centre Officer, shares and reflects on the JRS Phone-Befriending project.
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“People call me the smiley face man”
31 May 2022
Jacob, JRS Volunteer, tells us about his experience of volunteering with JRS.
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Legal blog: What to do if a case is refused?
26 May 2022
Michael, JRS Legal Officer, reflects on getting an asylum claim refusal from the Home Office.
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Walking together, side by side
26 May 2022
Reham, JRS Communications Officer, reflects on her experience of recent accompaniment workshops
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They Steal Our Time
19 May 2022
Naomi’s shares some of the voices of people she’s recently met in detention.
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The moments I treasure
10 May 2022
"We share stories, mime and translate between us, and laugh a lot."
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Celebrating his 65th supporting refugees
05 May 2022
“It is cheerful to do this challenge on my 65th birthday & I thought it would amuse sponsors"
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Getting the vaccine at JRS, it felt like home
27 April 2022
“We wanted to make it easier for refugee friends to access Covid vaccine”
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Plans for removing asylum seekers to Rwanda are cruel
26 April 2022
Sophie outlines how the Rwanda plan will make it impossible to claim safe haven in the UK.
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