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28/11/2013: JRS publication wins award

Clare Azzopardi wins first prize in the 2013 National Book Prize - children's category - for JRS' Book KIDANE

27/11/2013: A light of hope

JRS Malta launches its Christmas Appeal.

28/10/2013: Inter-religious ceremony held in Valletta

Migrants who lost their life at sea during the last few weeks were remembered in an inter-religious commemorative ceremony organised by the Emigrants' Commission and held by the sea shore in Valletta.

23/10/2013: Hospitality in Action

JRS Malta launches Hospitality in Action campaign

Welcome

The Jesuit Refugee Service in Malta seeks to accompany, serve and defend the rights of asylum seekers and forcibly displaced persons who arrive in Malta. Each arrival's story bears witness to traumatised, disrupted pasts but also to a remarkable will to survive against all odds.

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Our mission

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is an international Catholic organisation with a mission to accompany, serve and advocate on behalf of refugees and other forcibly displaced persons.

Our founder

Fr. Pedro Arrupe founded the Jesuit Refugee Service on the 14th of November 1980, in response to the human tragedy of refugees.

The Message

Serve, accompany, advocate: the three words are the programme of work for Jesuits and their collaborators. Serve To serve means to welcome people who arrive here with care; it means to bend down to one in need and to extend your hand to him, wi...