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10/02/2015: Dinner with a Difference

Join us for an authentic habesha - ethiopian/eritrean - meal in a private and intimate setting, in aid of JRS Malta

29/01/2015: School Outreach Programme 2015

In 2015 JRS Malta will once again be embarking on a school outeach project, titled "Integration in Action"

26/01/2015: B.E.S.T.

JRS launches new programme in detention

16/12/2014: Care in Captivity?

Launch of new JRS publication analyzing the provision of care for detained asylum seekers experiencing mental health problems.

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...