Jesuit Refugee Service(JRS), an entity of theSociety of Jesus(SJ,/Jesuits) has intensified its humanitarian response, providing practical assistance while advocating for the dignity and protection of refugees and migrants as tensions over immigration rise in South Africa.
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South Africa started processing undocumented migrants at a temporary repatriation centre in Musina, a border town with Zimbabwe, in July 2026. This followed weeks of intensified anti-migrant rhetoric and xenophobic violence.
Washington, D.C. — Jesuit Refugee Service USA, together with Refugee Council USA (RCUSA), Human Rights First, Church World Service, Women’s Refugee Commission, HIAS, the Center for Gender & Refugee Studies, and Refugee Congress, hosted Members of Congress, Congressional staff, advocates, and the public to commemorate the signing of the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of…