Dispatches No. 274 - 29 January 2009
South Africa: change of emphasis in JRS services
News:
Alerts : Haiti: 300,000 left homeless
(Washington DC) 15 January, 2010 - Three days after a devastating earthquake virtually destroyed Haiti's capital city of Port-au-Prince, Jesuit Refugee Service has at least 16 people on the ground in Haiti and working with the displaced on the border of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. [15/01/10]
Other news:
Alerts : USA: urgent appeal for the people of Haiti [12/01/10]
Reports : Uganda: reintegration of child soldiers requires expertise and commitment [29/01/10]
Statements : USA: renewing hope, seeking justice [15/12/09]
JRS leaflet: Flee for your life and risk imprisonment without crime
For over 20 years JRS has been serving, accompanying, and
defending the rights of, refugees held in detention. JRS
staff around the world - in Europe, the US, South Asia, Asia
Pacific, Southern Africa, Eastern Africa and in the
Caribbean - visit people in detention who have not been
charged with, or convicted of, any crime. These people have
been deprived of their liberty simply for entering or
remaining in a country or moving without authorisation. JRS
is concerned about the inadequate conditions in which
refugees, asylum seekers and migrants are being held in
detention and about their lack of access to proper
procedures. [19/06/06]
Other publications:
JRS Leaflet: Forced Home by Food Cuts [01/01/06]
GOD IN EXILE: Towards a Shared Spirituality with Refugees [01/10/05]
THE WOUND OF THE BORDER: 25 Years with the Refugees [01/10/05]