As Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) we see all those people who are forced to take refuge in another country or who are displaced in their own. We see people who spend years in camps, in Africa and Asia, who struggle to survive in urban areas worldwide, who are confined to detention centres in Australia, Thailand, the US, and Europe, rejected. But just as we see refugees without hope, we see many others with great hope: the Bhutanese in Nepal and the Karenni in Thailand preparing for resettlement in a new country; the Sudanese and the Burundians returning home after years of war to build their lives and country in peace; the displaced in Goma studying in very simple conditions for a better future; Iraqi teenagers experiencing inner healing from trauma thanks to psychosocial and pastoral support.

Read the richly diverse stories of those we serve in our 2008 annual report.