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01/06/2020: NGOs Submission of Feedback towards Public Consultation on Census of Population and Housing 2021

NGOs submission of feedback towards the public consultation on the Census of Population and Housing 2021.

Joint Civil Society Statement: The ill-treatment aboard the Captain Morgan ships must be stopped at once!

20/05/2020: Joint Civil Society Statement: The ill-treatment aboard the Captain Morgan ships must be stopped at ...

Civil society statement on the ill-treatment of migrants detained on board the Captain Morgan vessels.

JRS, Integra, Aditus: our open letter to EU Commissioner Johansson regarding the detention of rescued migrants on private vessels just outside our territorial waters.

18/05/2020: JRS, Integra, Aditus: our open letter to EU Commissioner Johansson regarding the detention of rescue...

An open letter from JRS Malta, Integra and Aditus to EU Commissioner Johansson regarding the detention of rescued migrants on private vessels just outside our territorial waters.

04/05/2020: Prioritise life and let them in! Joint NGO Statement

NGO statement regarding the situation of migrants currently being held on vessels out at sea.

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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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...