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02/07/2018: Joint Press Release

JOINT NGO STATEMENT ON THE GOVERNMENT’S DECISION TO CLOSE MALTA’S PORTS TO NGO RESCUE SHIPS

27/06/2018: Joint Press Release

Joint Press Release,Put people first – Joint NGO Statement on World Refugee Day 2018

12/06/2018: Joint Press Release

Press release - Joint NGO Statement on Aquarius

14/12/2017: Press Release- I Get You

Community building initiatives, which bring people together to share experiences and get to know each other, promote the social inclusion of forced migrants and counter racism and xenophobia in societ...

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.

Useful information

There's no place like home

For the past eleven years, the school outreach programme has been a vital part of JRS Malta’s awareness raising activities. During the scholastic year 2015-2016 we managed to reach out to more than 3,...

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...