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by bcadmin | Apr 18, 2022 | Anglican Communion, Archbishop Justin Welby, Associated Press, Church in UK and Ireland, Church of England, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, News, Rwanda, UK Home Office, United Kingdom | 0 |
The leader of the Anglican church strongly criticized the British government’s plan to put some asylum-seekers on one-way flights to Rwanda, saying “sub-contracting out our responsibilities” to refugees can’t stand up to God’s scrutiny.
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Mar 25, 2021 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, Jesuit Refugee Service, lead, News, UK Home Office, United Kingdom | 0 |
New changes to the United Kingdom’s asylum system announced on Wednesday are “cruel and dishonest,” according to the country’s Catholic refugee agency.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Oct 8, 2020 | Church in UK and Ireland, Fratelli Tutti, Great Britain, immigrants and refugees, Jesuit Refugee Service, JRS, lead, News, UK Home Office, United Kingdom | 0 |
In his latest encyclical, Pope Francis is speaking “directly to the divisive and unpleasant rhetoric which is so pervasive in our society” especially in the UK, according to the head of Britain’s leading Catholic refugee agency.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 28, 2020 | Asylum, Asylum seekers, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, Immigrants, immigrants and refugees, immigration laws, immigration reform, Jesuit Refugee Service, lead, News, UK government, UK Home Office, United Kingdom | 0 |
Britain’s immigration detention system fosters a “culture of death” and the practice should be ended, according the country’s leading Catholic refugee agency.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Jun 22, 2020 | Bishop Paul McAleenan, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Catholic Church, Church in UK and Ireland, Great Britain, Immigration, immigration laws, News, Racial justice, Racism, UK Home Office, United Kingdom | 0 |
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.
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.
Read Moreby bcadmin | Feb 21, 2020 | Bishop Patrick Lynch, Bishops Conference of England and Wales, Brexit, Catholic Church, Church in England and Wales, Church in UK and Ireland, European union, Human trafficking, modern slavery, News, UK Home Office | 0 |
An English bishop has expressed concern that new immigration restrictions announced by the UK government could lead to an increase in human trafficking.
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