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Italy: stumbling from one refugee emergency to the next
Rome, 24 April 2013 – With the escalation of the Libyan conflict in early 2011, thousands of migrants living in the country fled taking precarious journeys across the Mediterranean Sea. Despite the more than 1.3 billion euros spent by the Italian authorities to house the new arrivals, two years later many in need of international protection in Italy find themselves still in precarious circumstances.
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Panama: sons and daughters of refugees look to a more hospitable future
Panama City, 5 April 2013 – Despite official commitment by the government to international protection and the desire of the forcibly displaced to integrate in Panamanian society, more often than not they find themselves marginalised in their host country.
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Europe: the Dublin Regulation 10 years on, inhospitality means denial of protection
Brussels, 28 February 2013 – In 1999, when European leaders met in Tampere, Finland, they promised to create a space of freedom, security and justice. Initial euphoria quickly gave way to the introduction of the Dublin Regulation in 2003, a law that determines state responsibility for assessing asylum applications in the EU. With the recent passing of the tenth anniversary of the regulation's introduction, it has become the cornerstone, rather than one element, of the Common European Asylum System.
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Burundi: welcoming refugees returning from Tanzania
Bujumbura, 31 January 2013 – In the last few weeks approximately 34,000 Burundian refugees have returned home following the closure of Mtabila camp in western Tanzania. Many returnees are coming home after 20 years in exile, while for others, born and raised in Tanzania, it is their first time in Burundi.
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Democratic Republic of Congo: one kick can promote tolerance
Masisi, 14 September 2012 – Few activities in the world are as effective as sports in bridging differences, building community, or educating young people about peace. The JRS inter-school football tournament, 'Pamoja Tutashinda', or 'together we'll win' in Kiswahili, allowed for students, referees and spectators to forget about divisions between the local and displaced populations, about ethnic differences, in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. The football competition sent a clear message to the population: a united community is a stronger community.
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Burundi: women, advocates of community solidarity
Bujumbura, 10 July 2012 – Since the end of the civil war in 2005, hundreds of thousands of refugees have returned home from exile in Tanzania. Excruciatingly high population density, poverty and ethnic tensions result in frequent out breaks in communal conflict. Enhancing the role of women and reducing food insecurity have long been a strategy of the Jesuit Refugee Service in Burundi.
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Rwanda: refugees cultivate vegetables and greens for older people
Kibuye, 27 June 2012 – Despite the numerous daily difficulties and challenges of living in a refugee camp, a group of refugees in Rwanda have decided to dedicate their free time to voluntary activities to help those in most need.
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Video: hospitality, united communities are stronger communities
Rome, 19 June 2012 – Bringing refugees out of obscurity, that is the message of the Jesuit Refugee Service for World Refugee Day this year.
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'I'm part of Italy too': promoting justice through citizenship
Rome, 18 June 2012 – Accompanying forced migrants in Italy means, above all, sharing their many experiences of formal and informal exclusion, and facing the lack of hospitality they encounter on a daily basis.
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Rwanda: mobile refugee team in the service of the most in need
Kibuye, 18 June 2012 – "We're refugees and we live in difficult circumstances. But there are refugees who are more vulnerable than us in the camp, older people, orphans, those with medical conditions. We believe in God and it's our duty help and be close to them", said Dieudonné Niyileiyi, who along with 18,000 Congolese refugees has lived for more than 15 years in Kiziba camp western Rwanda.
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