On April 6th, 2019, Lassana Cisse, a 42-year-old man from the Ivory Coast, was shot and killed in Birżebbuġa, Malta, in a racially motivated attack, where two other victims Ibrahim Bah and Mohammed Jallow were also left for dead. The two suspects were identified as...
JRS Malta, in collaboration with trans-national project FAB!, Family-Based care for children in migration, will hold another Human Library offering the public an opportunity for encounter. Following the Human Library sessions held in 2022 and the good turnout from the...
This is the Press Statement as issued by the 47 entities that endorsed the CommemorAction held on Sunday 5 February: More than 1,300 people died or disappeared in the Central Mediterranean in 2022. These people – men, women, children, sons, and daughters – can be...
JRS Malta has attended the fresher’s week of MCAST, the Malta College of Arts, Science and Technology, held at their campus in Paola and Mosta. Staff members Ceci and Barbara coordinated the JRS stand and informed students on the various projects in which our...
JRS Malta is seeking to recruit a SOCIAL WORKER to work with asylum seekers and migrants in Malta. Terms and conditions This a full-time position. Salary offered will be commensurate to experience. Qualifications Applicants must: Hold a recognised degree in Social...
Many asylum seekers end up in illegal work, where dignified treatment, fair pay and health and safety are not guaranteed. They take the risk and get into such jobs out of financial necessity, if not mere desperation. Some need the money in order to leave the open...
Earlier in June, Aditus foundation and JRS Malta, together with other organisations launched a Training Kit designed to support the empowerment of refugee-led groups. Funded by the Erasmus+ programme, the Training Kit on Empowering Refugee-Led Community Organisations...
JRS Malta, together with aditus Foundation, has just launched an investigation report which looks into asylum seekers’ battle against poverty. The investigation report, titled ‘In Pursuit of Livelihood: An In-depth investigation of Asylum Seeker’s battle against...
On Wednesday 13 July JRS Malta, together with Aditus Foundation, will present a research study titled 'In Pursuit of Livelihood: An In-Depth Investigation of Asylum Seeker’s Battle against Poverty and Social Exclusion in Malta’. The study was carried out by Dr Julian...
"We will have to repent in this generation not merely for the hateful words and actions of the bad people, but for the appalling silence of the good people" - Martin Luther King Abdalla, Amara and Kader, the young African men known as the El Hiblu 3, appeared before...
