Consultative Forum

The Jesuit Refugee Service is an international Catholic organisation. Its mission is to accompany, to serve and to plead the cause of refugees and forcibly displaced people. The JRS was set up by the Society of Jesus in 1980 and is now working over 50 countries worldwide. JRS works with all refugees but has a particular concern at present for the "forgotten" refugees who have moved out of the media spotlight. JRS-E is part of the international JRS. It is responsible for policy and advocacy activities at the EU level, and for coordinating the activities of JRS offices in eleven EU countries, plus Ukraine, Morocco, Southeast Europe (Croate, Kosovo, Macedonia). In Europe, JRS visits detention centres, provides services to destitute migrants and to migrants at the EU external borders, such as Ukraine and Morocco.