News: Advocacy
News articles from JRS UK
Join us and stand #TogetherWithRefugees
10 May 2021
JRS UK is proud to join new coalition that believes how we treat refugees is who we are
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Victims of trafficking will be re-traumatised in detention as government weakens safeguards
29 April 2021
JRS condemns new government legislation as merciless and inhumane
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JRS deeply troubled by the prospect of evictions from asylum accommodation recommencing
27 April 2021
“We need to end enforced destitution."
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“A time for shame” – JRS laments deaths of human beings seeking sanctuary
26 April 2021
"They are people. They are human lives who begged for help”
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JRS UK renews calls for dignity in asylum accommodation in wake of report finding accommodation “dehumanising”
23 April 2021
"I sat watching life go by my window for so long"
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Being Human in the Asylum System: “This is a call that must be precious to the Church”
17 April 2021
A joint statement from Raymond Friel, Director of CSAN, and Sarah Teather, Director of JRS UK
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New report: Being human in the asylum system
17 April 2021
JRS's new report calls for a society that welcomes sanctuary seekers as neighbours
[READ]Further proof detention fosters ‘culture of death’ as Home Office found in breach of human rights
15 April 2021
JRS condemns the prioritisation of immigration control over respect for human life and justice
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Join us for ‘A Year on the Road’
08 April 2021
Our upcoming Accompaniment in Action event looks back at a year of the JRS Emergency Response
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‘Cruel and dishonest’ changes to UK asylum system marks ‘a dark day in Britain’s history’ says JRS UK
24 March 2021
JRS condemns new plan for immigration announced today as deeply cruel, dishonest and inhumane.
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