Posted 2/4/2024, 7:58:00 PM
Church of England Faces Backlash Over Clergy Advice to Asylum Seekers
- Exclusive Church of England document shows clergy advice on facilitating asylum applications, prompting criticism from Nigel Farage and Tories
- Spotlight on church's role after suspect in Clapham attack used asylum claim and religious conversion to avoid deportation
- Tory MPs blast "naive" vicars for helping asylum seekers "game the system", with former minister warning "naivety is not a virtue"
- Home Secretary cites cases of dangerous individuals using Christian conversion to secure asylum status
- Church of England accused of "stunning naivety", with Archbishop attacked for speaking out against Rwanda policy and calls for Bishops to be removed from House of Lords