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Working with Urban Refugees: A Handbook
(Washington, D.C.) May 22, 2013 — Since our inception in 1980, Jesuit Refugee Service has been actively engaged in developing programs of support to help urban refugees meet their needs and further their aspirations in urban environments.
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Training volunteers for immigration detention programs
(Washington, D.C) May 21, 2013 — Community Initiatives for Visiting Immigrants in Confinement teamed up with Jesuit Refugee Service/USA, a longstanding partner of the U.S. visitation movement, to create two training videos: one on how to be a good listener and the other on how to recruit volunteers to the immigration detention visitation movement.
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Loyola Chicago students volunteer with refugees
(Chicago) May 20, 2013 — Each week students from Loyola University Chicago leave campus to spend time eating dinner, playing games, helping with homework and talking about life in Chicago in apartments across the North Side of the city. To many, it sounds as if these students are simply visiting their family and in some ways they are. However the families these students are spending time with are their own parents and siblings, but locally resettled refugee families.
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Dominican Republic: forced repatriation to Haiti
(Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) May 17, 2013 — Observers from the Jano Siksé Border Network reported a mass repatriation of 70 Haitian migrants from the Dominican Republic on Wednesday; among them were two women in advanced stages of pregnancy, seriously jeopardizing their health and the health of their unborn children.
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Lebanon: families from Syria seek safety, shelter
(Beirut) May 12, 2013 — The small town of Naameh lies less than 13 miles south of Beirut along the coastal road. Notorious for religious tensions and prone to violence between different sects, it seems an unlikely place to settle, yet it is now home to 50 Syrian families —about 300 individuals — who are taking shelter in a derelict school.
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Mother's Day Reflection
(Washington, D.C.) May 12, 2013 — On this Mother's Day, Jesuit Refugee Service/USA shares the story of a refugee mother in Panama. We honor the millions of refugee mothers who have the courage to flee to protect their families, who fight for their families as they seek refuge in sometimes-hostile countries, and who never, ever give up.
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Immigration: limit dangerous deportation practices
(Washington, D.C.) May 9, 2013 — Jesuit Refugee Service/USA and 60 other organizations have written a letter to members of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee urging them to support an amendment that will limit dangerous deportation practices. The amendment was proposed by Sen. Chris Coons to S.744, the immigration reform bill under consideration.
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Panama: JRS program helps urban refugees
(Colón, Panama) May 7, 2013 — Jesuit Refugee Service has made it a priority to work with "forgotten" refugees whose plight is overlooked by others. In this city of 220,000 people, many refugees from Colombia live in the shadows. Urban refugees often live a hand to mouth existence, facing a myriad of obstacles ranging from xenophobia to detention.
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U.S. and Colombian Faith Leaders Join to Support Peace with Justice in Colombia
(Washington, D.C.) May 7, 2013 — Fifty-six faith leaders in the United States and Colombia have joined to send letters to U.S. President Obama, U.S. Secretary of State Kerry, and Colombian President Santos calling for U.S. policy that prioritizes peace and human rights in Colombia. These two letters urge the Colombian Government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia guerilla group to stay the course and continue negotiations until a peace-accord is signed.
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Syria: family mornings in Damascus
(Damascus) May 5, 2013 – A first-person reflection from a volunteer on the Jesuit Refugee Service Damascus team: How lovely is a meeting between human beings, a meeting in which we desire to show our love and feelings towards each other. I felt something similar to this when I met the families at the JRS St. Albert Hurtado House. ... I felt as if we had known each other for a long time.
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Univ of Scranton Arrupe award to Kino Border Initiative
(Washington, D.C.) May 5, 2013 — The University of Scranton presented the Pedro Arrupe, S.J., Award for Distinguished Contributions to Ignatian Mission and Ministry to the Kino Border Initiative last month. KBI was inaugurated in January of 2009 by six organizations from the United States and Mexico.
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Colombia: ineffective response to rise in IDPs
(Bogota) May 5, 2013 – Significant increases in conflict between paramilitary, guerrilla and government forces have left more than 5,200 people displaced last year in the Buenaventura area. Despite increased forced displacement, the government has failed to guarantee assistance to the victims of violence in the region, according to a report by Jesuit Refugee Service, Buenaventura: An Unanswered Humanitarian Crisis.
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| May, 2013 |
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Syria: bringing families together
(Beirut) May 5, 2013 — The opportunity for a moment of peace and quiet has all but vanished in Damascus. As violence in the 4,000 year-old city escalates, accompanied by acute shortages of daily commodities, it becomes harder to enjoy the simple things in life, much less a family meal. Conscious of this, the Jesuit Refugee Service Damascus team organizes 'family mornings' twice a month.
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| May, 2013 |
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The solidarity of Eradi
Boston, 2 May 2013 – When I first read this beautiful story of Eradi I was immediately captured by the description of him as "the one who notices". This is a wonderful way of describing what it means to be in solidarity with others, because to notice someone is to do more than just 'see'.
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| May, 2013 |
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Eradi, one who notices others
Masisi, 2 May 2013 – On his job contract it says he is a driver for the Jesuit Refugee Service team in the eastern Congolese town of Masisi. In reality Eradi Salumu is much more to JRS.
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| May, 2013 |
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Praying with Refugees in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Masisi, 1 May 2013 – On his job contract it says he is a driver for the Jesuit Refugee Service team in the eastern Congolese town of Masisi. In reality Eradi Salumu is much more. The 39-year-old father of three has been forced to flee conflict in Congo on several occasions. Although he has never been formally recognised as a refugee, he has lived in exile in a number of African and European countries.
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| April, 2013 |
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Refugee issues dramatized at Spring Hill College
(Mobile, Ala.) April 29, 2013 — Students at Spring Hill College performed the Jesuit Refugee Service play Imago Dei: Journeys of Courage, Hope and Home earlier this month. The play is an original documentary production theater written and produced by the students of Jesuit High School of Sacramento for JRS/USA.
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| April, 2013 |
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Ethiopia: helping refugees cope with camp life (video)
(Washington, D.C.) April 29, 2013 — Mai Aini refugee camp in northern Ethiopia is home to more than 13,500 refugees from neighboring Eritrea. Jesuit Refugee Service provides counseling and recreational services to the camp residents, and provides a library and study space to help the refugees cope.
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| April, 2013 |
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Take Action for Peace with Justice in Colombia
(Washington, D.C.) April 26, 2013 — With an ongoing civil war that has displaced more than five million people in the last 50 years, Colombia continues to suffer one of the largest displacements and humanitarian crises in the world today. More than half a million Colombians have fled Colombia into neighboring countries and those in Colombia still face violence in their communities. Unfortunately, U.S. policy towards the conflict has helped in fueling the violence.
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