UK bishop criticizes plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda
Britain’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are at odds with the Scriptures, according to the English bishops’ conference’s point man on immigration.
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by bcadmin | Apr 22, 2022 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, lead, News, Rwanda, United Kingdom | 0 |
Britain’s plan to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda are at odds with the Scriptures, according to the English bishops’ conference’s point man on immigration.
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Pope Francis on Sunday drew attention to Wednesday’s tragedy in the English Channel, where 27 people drowned trying to get from France to the United Kingdom.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 11, 2021 | Asylum seekers, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishop William Nolan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, immigrants and refugees, lead, News, Scottish bishops, UK government, UK Home Office | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 20, 2021 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, Jesuit Refugee Service, lead, News, UK government, UK Home Office, United Kingdom | 0 |
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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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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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 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 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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | May 3, 2020 | Asylum seekers, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, COVID-19 pandemic, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, Jesuit Refugee Service, lead, News, United Kingdom | 0 |
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Apr 10, 2020 | Asylum seekers, Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Great Britain, Jesuit Refugee Service, migrants and refugees, News, UK government, UK Home Office, United Kingdom | 0 |
An English bishop is calling on the UK government to release people being held in immigration detention centers.
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Church leaders around the world are pleading that migrants not be forgotten during pandemic.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 21, 2020 | Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Brexit, Catholic Church, Catholic News Service, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, European union, Great Britain, Immigrants, News, United Kingdom | 0 |
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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