Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe

El 24 de febrero se cumplieron 3️⃣ años desde el inicio del conflicto en #Ucrania, que ha obligado a millones de personas a abandonar sus hogares. Junto con otras entidades jesuitas, hemos apoyado el trabajo de Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe a través de la iniciativa One Proposal, gracias a la cual se ha permitido brindar acompañamiento integral a más de 127.000 personas desplazadas. 💚 One Proposal no solo ha abarcado la respuesta humanitaria inmediata en Ucrania y los países vecinos, sino también programas a mediano y largo plazo que promueven la inclusión social de las personas refugiadas en toda Europa y en el Estado español. Desde la red SJM, hemos impulsado propuestas de hospitalidad y acogida comunitaria, de formación e inclusión laboral, acompañamiento psicosocial, asistencia legal, entre otras; como los casos de Anastasia en Red Íncola y Vlad en Ellacuría. 📝 Puedes leer la noticia completa en nuestra web: https://lnkd.in/epXxuNab 📷 1 © Marco Giarraca

6 Ukrainian women share their stories & hopes after 3 years of full-scale war The war in #Ukraine has been ongoing for 3 years and upended the lives and dreams of 8.8 million people, or just about one out of every three #Ukrainians. Since the beginning of the war, the Jesuit organizations have accompanied over 127.000 people with 612.606 individual services including emergency aid, shelter, psychosocial support, education, and integration, among other services, through the #OneProposal. Today, 6 Ukrainian #women share their #stories, challenges and #hopes. You can watch their full testimonies on our Youtube channel: https://lnkd.in/e-dehUG5 You can read more about the One Proposal and access the latest Annual Report at: https://lnkd.in/evHXmjnV Video edited with images filmed by Sergi Camara Alberto Ares Fundacion Entreculturas NGDO JRS Ukraine JRS Romania Servicio Jesuita a Migrantes España SJM-E CONCORDIA Social Projects Jesuits Global JRS Portugal - Serviço Jesuíta aos Refugiados

My heart is full after participating in the "United in Hope: Vigil for Ukraine." Lighting this candle was a powerful reminder of our shared humanity and the resilience of the Ukrainian people. Together, we can amplify our voices for peace and solidarity. Share your moments with #VigilForUkraine ! #TogetherForUkraine Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Europe

At 8:00 PM tonight, we invite you to light a candle as part of our United in Hope: Vigil for Ukraine initiative. This simple act of placing a candle in your window holds great power—it symbolizes hope, solidarity, and the call for peace in Ukraine. In homes and communities, this small gesture can have a profound impact, showing that even in silence, we stand united. As you light your candle, take a moment for reflection and prayer for peace. Share your candle with the world using #VigilForUkraine, and let’s make this act of unity visible. One light, one prayer, one community. 

Tomorrow, as part of the United in Hope: Vigil for Ukraine initiative, we remind you to join this collective act of solidarity. At 8:00 PM, light a candle and place it in your window as a visible sign of support for peace in Ukraine. 🕊️  This simple act can carry a powerful message: we have not forgotten. We stand with those affected by the war, and we continue to believe that peace is possible. Share your light and your hope with the world by posting a photo using #VigilForUkraine.    Hope is in our hands. Together, let’s light the way for peace. 

As we approach the grim milestone of 3 years of full-scale war in Ukraine, we invite you to join our initiative “United in Hope: Vigil for Ukraine”. 🕊️  On Sunday, 23 February 2025, at 8:00 PM local time, we call on individuals and communities across the world to light a candle and place it in your window as a symbol of solidarity and hope for peace in Ukraine.  This simple gesture can send a powerful message of peace and unity, keeping the flame of hope alive and illuminating a path forward even in dark times. By lighting your candle, you are showing your support for those affected by the ongoing conflict. It's a moment to pause, reflect, and pray for peace in Ukraine. Afterward, share a photo of your candle on social media with #VigilForUkraine, and let others see that together, we are united in hope. Join us in this act of solidarity. Let’s make our hope visible, one candle at a time.

Joint CSO statement: Civil society organisations call for EU-Libya migration funding freeze as mass graves discovered The recent discovery of dozens of bodies, believed to be people migrating, in mass graves in Jakharrah and the Alkufra desert in #Libya is shocking and horrific. Our thoughts are with the families of the victims, and with all those who have loved ones missing in similar circumstances, whose situation is often worsened by a lack of access to procedures for reporting, identifying and accessing information about missing people. In Libya the torture and killing of migrants in detention, their abandonment at sea or in the desert; being held in conditions akin to slavery; being subject to starvation and other serious human rights violations have been documented extensively by the UN’s Independent Fact Finding Mission on Libya and other bodies. It is clear that European Union migration funding to Libya, as well as migration funding to Libya from #EU member states including Italy and France, has not delivered on its promise to improve conditions for people seeking safety. A decade on from the Mediterranean’s deadliest shipwreck off the Libyan coast, refugees in Libya remain subject to conditions that no human being should endure. Often, these conditions are imposed by forces which received European public funds and support. The European Commission reportedly took steps recently to review its funding arrangements with Tunisia after revelations of abuses carried out by security forces there. In the wake of these new discoveries, and following last year’s European court of auditors finding that the EU’s Libya funding fails to address human rights risks, the EU should follow suit in Libya. Funding should instead be used to save lives and to provide alternatives to dangerous journeys by ensuring safe routes for people to escape Libya. Read the statement and the signatories: https://lnkd.in/eiiptRnW

Last week at UCSIA.org's " #Dignity Amidst Despair: Migration Challenging European Solidarity" event, Alberto Ares delivered a lecture on the need for more humane, community-based and solidarity-fostering #migration policies. Drawing from the on-the-ground experiences of JRS, he provided an analysis of the current migration landscape, highlighting how the European Pact on Migration and Asylum reduces solidarity among Member States while increasing arbitrary detention and human suffering. As an alternative, he highlighted community-based initiatives as one of the key alternatives to have a more compassionate, humane and sustainable migration policy. Want to learn more?👇 https://lnkd.in/eyu_VBFk

Thank you Dalibor Renić, President of the Jesuit Conference of European Provincials, for the visit yesterday! We had a great chat on how to foster alignment and collaboration between the different Jesuit organizations in #Europe. Read more about it👇 https://lnkd.in/e-vqr4tJ

In an interview with Radiotelevisión Española, Alberto Ares explains how the US government decisions on aid funding are affecting the work of accompanying #refugees around the world, including JRS activities in 12 countries across the globe. Watch the interview in Spanish 👇