The Archbishop of York weighs in
The government’s new asylum and migration law “amounts to cruelty without purpose” and is “immoral and inept”, the Archbishop of York has said in a powerful intervention over plans unveiled last week...
https://amp.theguardian.com/uk-news/202 ... op-of-york
Cottrell, England’s second most senior cleric, told the Observer: “The proposals of the Illegal Migration Bill … are clearly unworkable, but will restrict access to support for many legitimate refugees and victims of modern slavery, without even the dignity of having their case heard.”
The government has promised to end the passage of small boats carrying refugees across the Channel, saying all adults will be detained for 28 days and asylum claims will be deemed “inadmissible” whatever the individual’s circumstances. They will be removed either to their own country or a “safe third country”, such as Rwanda, if that is not possible.
Cottrell said: “Nobody wants to see people risking their lives in the dangerous channel crossings but I urge the government to consider alternatives that do not unfairly penalise some of the world’s most vulnerable and which better reflect the UK’s history of compassion and moral leadership.”
The right approach to the challenge of people fleeing war and persecution was to provide safe routes, he said.
The bill ‘proposes we lock up families, children and other refugees simply for asking for protection … and makes a mockery of our international commitments’
While the storm rages around this Bill which probably won't get enacted anyway, I can't help wondering what the Tories are really up to behind the scenes. This, and the fortuitous Lineker row, seem to be created specifically to hide something. I just wonder what?
Unless, of course, the senior Tories really
are that stupid, which is a distinct possibility.
It might only be the Imperial Service Medal, but I've got a gong. What's Paul Dacre got?