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UK bishops urge government to show more compassion to refugees

Bishops in the UK are speaking out against the British government’s New Plan for Immigration, which they claim will create a “two-tier” system for asylum seekers.

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UK’s asylum system ‘unjust and dehumanizing,’ according to new JRS report

Refugees and asylum seekers in the United Kingdom say they are “not seen, heard, or recognized,” according to a new report published by the Jesuit Refugee Service.

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UK bishop calls for ‘meeting of minds’ on asylum after English Channel deaths

A “shifting of mindset” is needed for those making the UK’s immigration rules, according to the English bishops’ point man for migration.

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Bishop says Caribbean immigrants to UK ‘failed by the state’

The Windrush Generation were too often “failed by the state,” according to Bishop Paul McAleenan, the head of the migrants and refugees desk at the England and Wales bishops’ conference.

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English bishops express solidarity with U.S. protests against racism

English Catholic bishops say they “stand in solidarity” with anti-racism protests over the police killing of an unarmed U.S. African American, declaring that “racism is an evil which must be opposed.”

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Catholic leaders in England decry racial disparities in COVID-19 deaths

Catholic leaders in England are urging the UK government to tackle the “known structural inequalities” that are causing ethnic minorities to suffer disproportionately from the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

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UK Catholic groups urge temporary residency for migrants during corona-crisis

Catholic leaders have called on Prime Minister Boris Johnson to offer asylum seeker and other “insecure” immigrants the ability to live freely and work in the UK during the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

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UK bishop tells priests to remind EU citizens to fill out applications

Priests in England and Wales are being urged to remind Catholic parishioners from European Union countries to register for a post-Brexit “settlement scheme” or risk repatriation.

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