Press Releases
Key resources for journalists and press officers: find all the latest press releases from the JRS UK Communications team, offering commentary on all aspects of our work.
28 June 2021: JRS UK condemns proposals for offshore detention of asylum seekers as “gratuitously cruel” and impractical
16 June 2021: JRS UK publishes a new collection of creative writing, showcasing the “powerful voices of the muted people in society”
4 June 2021: Urgent call for volunteer hosts to offer ‘spaces of sanctuary’ for destitute refugees at home
3 June 2021: Jesuit Refugee Service UK welcomes High Court ruling finding use of degrading military barracks as asylum accommodation unlawful, and renews calls for immediate closure of Napier Barracks.
18 April 2021: UK failing to respond to sanctuary seekers as human beings, finds new report rooted in Catholic Social Teaching
24 March 2021: “Cruel and dishonest” changes to UK asylum system marks “a dark day in Britain’s history” says Jesuit Refugee Service UK
17 March 2021: Jesuit Refugee Service UK renews call for end to degrading military barrack asylum accommodation, after closure of first site.
1 February 2021: Holding asylum seekers in barracks risks lives of most vulnerable to make a cruel political point, says Jesuit Refugee Service
- ➡️Asylum decision-making is warped by a culture of refusal and disbelief. Refugees & asylum seekers explained they… https://t.co/7rVXMUqAdn
