Cătălin and Bianca Albu
General Manager and Senior Manager for Programs
Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS)

BUCHAREST, ROMANIA

JRS-Romania is a nonprofit organization that assists the growing number of people arriving in Romania from Europe, the Middle East and Asia to integrate into life in Romania. Managed by General Manager Cătălin Albu and together with his wife, Senior Manager for Programs Bianca Albu, JRS-Romania meets the needs of displaced people with a commitment to “seamless integration” and services such as legal guidance for migrants irrespective of their legal status, accommodation for destitute people, mental health care, and other services such as language acquisition, skill development, tangible support, and integration into larger communities.

Now the largest church-based responder to the Ukrainian crisis in the country, JRS-Romania has quadrupled the number of people served since the war started, aiding 39,616 people in 2023. JRS-Romania's work accompanying and serving asylum seekers, refugees and temporary protection holders has set the standard for this type of work throughout the country and generated significant international support.