The Archbishop of Canterbury has condemned the Boris’s shocking plan to send fleeing migrants thousands of miles to Rwanda in his Easter sermon.
He said the proposals – hammered through by Priti Patel – as the “opposite of the nature of God”.
In his sermon at Canterbury Cathedral, Justin Welby criticised the plans to ship those who have made terrifying trips in small boats across the Channel thousands of miles away to a country with a history of murder and horror.
The proposals have been slammed as “evil” and “cruel”, with the UN Refugee Agency claiming it’s a breach of international law.
The Home Office still defends the proposals.
But the archbishop said there are “serious ethical questions about sending asylum seekers overseas”.
“Let this be a time for Russian ceasefire, withdrawal and a commitment to talks. This is a time for resetting the ways of peace, not for what Bismarck called blood and iron. Let Christ prevail. Let the darkness of war be banished.
“And this season is also why there are such serious ethical questions about sending asylum seekers overseas.
“The details are for politics. The principle must stand the judgment of God, and it cannot. It cannot carry the weight of resurrection justice, of life conquering death. It cannot carry the weight of the resurrection that was first to the least valued, for it privileges the rich and strong.
“And it cannot carry the weight of our national responsibility as a country formed by Christian values, because sub-contracting out our responsibilities, even to a country that seeks to do well like Rwanda, is the opposite of the nature of God who himself took responsibility for our failures.”
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