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The Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS) Regional Directors' Team met in Bogotá and Cúcuta (Colombia) from 14 to 19 November.

We share the communiqué issued by the clergy of the Province of Dajabón, in the Dominican Republic, in response to the massive deportations being carried out by the government, in which the human rights of migrants are being violated.

In response to the growing humanitarian crisis in Myanmar, Jesuit Mission Australia has launched an Emergency Action Appeal for Christmas.

The initiative Women on the Move, Migrant women, and Women with Rights puts the rights of forcibly displaced women and girls at the centre.

The Integral Ecology and Pan-Amazon Initiative of the International Federation of Fe y Alegría will present the "Collection of Documents on Indigenous Migrant Itineraries".

The Jesuit Migrant Service for Costa Rica has rejected, in a statement, the announcement by the country's President Rodrigo Chaves about taking measures to prevent "economic migrants" from continuing to use the figure of political refugees to stay in the territory. We share the statement.

Last week Jesuit Mission held their latest webinar - Water the Gift of Life, about the uplifting impact of the Water Project in empowering rural communities in Timor-Leste. The webinar welcomed special guests and project partners of Jesuit Mission, Fr Júlio Sousa SJ, Director of Jesuit Social Service (JSS) Timor-Leste and Jose Da Costa Pereira Soares, the Program Manager Assistant of the Water Project, who both spoke about the importance of handing over the project to local leaders.

Forest land in Madagascar is increasingly shrinking. According to Global Forest Watch, from 2001 to 2021, Madagascar lost 4.36Mha of vegetation cover, which is equivalent to a 25% decrease in vegetation cover since 2000, and 2.14Gt of CO₂eq emissions.

Bharat Jodo Yatra(BJY) is a mass movement started by theIndian National Congress that aims to unite the country against the fascist politics of the rulingBharatiya Janata Party (BJP).

The First National Afro Brazil - SJ Meeting took place in Fortaleza (CE) between 21 and 23 October, a critical moment for discussing developments in the collective construction of antiracist actions in Jesuit works, besides strengthening the Afro Brazil SJ Articulation and its organisational and strategic identity.