Who’s that walking at my door?

June 13, 2023

Join JRS today at 3pm and participate in the London Legal Walk!

Blog by Jemima Tanner, Grants Officer at Jesuit Refugee Service UK (JRS)

When I first started my role at JRS two months ago, I attended one of the immigration training sessions JRS UK offers for volunteers. The session outlined immigration law in the UK, the intricacies involved in applying for asylum, and the role frontline services play in helping individuals who are seeking sanctuary in the UK.
The complexity and the cruelty of the UK asylum system, when coupled with a lack of good quality legal advice, can leave individuals seeking asylum caught in a perpetual legal limbo. It is disheartening to know asylum seekers are often teetering between destitution and detention simply because they cannot access good quality specialist immigration advice and legal representation.
As part of my work at JRS UK, I am organising our participation in this year’s London Legal Walk to raise funds for the Legal Project. For 19 years, the London Legal Walk has brought together the legal community to support and fundraise to provide free frontline legal advice services. The asylum system has been hit hard by cuts to legal aid in the last few years, and, as the cost-of-living rises, the need is greater than ever.

To read the rest of this blog and find out how to get involved please click here

A milestone for Heythrop Library

June 7, 2024

The team have catalogued over 6,000 rare and important books over the last 3 years.

Novena for the Feast of St Ignatius of Loyola (Days 8 - 9)

July 29, 2021

Join us for nine days of devotional prayer for St Ignatius of Loyola, founder of the Jesuits.

Watch live this Thursday: Jesuit press conference and memorial mass on Pope Francis’ legacy

April 23, 2025

All are welcome to attend these online events

An interview with Lucy Gillingham from Jesuit Missions

March 8, 2023

Lucy spoke to Radio Maria England to mark International Women's Day