Faces of JRS

14 November marks JRS's 40th anniversary. Get to know who we are.

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Our Mission

Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate for the rights of refugees and others who are forcibly displaced. Welcome to the website of the Europe Office.


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Our priorities

Access to protection Access to European territories needs to improve, become safer and more fair.
Access to protection
Immigration detention We visit detention centers accross Europe and provide legal, pastoral and psicological assistance.
Immigration detention
Social inclusion We accompany people from their arrival to self-suffiency.
A migrant woman receives a certificate of a Portuguese language class from JRS Portugal academy
Social inclusion
Awareness raising Refugees' voices need to be heard. We aim to create spaces and promote them so that they are heard throughout Europe.
Awareness raising

Featured projects


  • CHANGE

    This project aims to educate young people on the positive contributions of refugees to society and to encourage them to take action within their schools and local communities.


  • I Get You

    JRS Europe and its partners identified and promoted best practices to prevent racism and xenophobia towards forced migrants through community building.


  • Protection at the External Borders

    This project monitored human rights violations and documented findings and policy recommendations in the report Forgotten at the Gates of Europe.

JRS UPDATES





No more Morias in the future EU asylum policy September 9, 2020
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Literacy teaching and learning in the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond September 8, 2020
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Forgotten at the gates of Europe: Ongoing protection concerns at the EU’s external border June 19, 2018
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