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Blog articles from JRS UK
“Compassion and dignity compel us to approach each person with an open heart”
11 August 2021
Government proposals would turn our backs on obligations in the Refugee Convention, writes Will
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‘My life is frozen’ – life in limbo for people seeking asylum
06 August 2021
The impact of having their lives put on hold is devastating for refugee friends
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The legacy of St Ignatius of Loyola
31 July 2021
“We are not concerned just with the survival of refugees, but with their full development.”
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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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