JRS wants Thailand to sign cluster-bomb ban

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) in Thailand is urging the government to sign the Convention on Cluster Munitions even as it celebrated the convention becoming international law on Aug. 1.

Jesuit accuses Cambodia over ’sham’ refugee law

Cambodia’s long awaited refugee law is a sham, says Australian Jesuit Professor Frank Brennan, citing reports that four Uighur asylum seekers deported to China have been executed.

Myanmar mine risk worry for Karen refugees: JRS

The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) is monitoring the situation at the Myanmar border in Thailand’s Tak province where the repatriation of Karen refugees has been on hold over concerns including the risk of land mines and forced labor.

Jesuit program for East Nepal refugee camps

The Jesuit Refugee Service has stepped in to break a cycle of violence, drug and sexual abuse that had been plaguing thousands of ethnic Nepali youths from Bhutan living in refugee camps in East Nepal. (UCA News)
“All kinds of evils were plaguing the camps,” says Jesuit Father Peter Jong Lepcha, program coordinator of Youth Friendly [...]