Bishops Pressure Government on Asylum Seekers
Nineteen Anglican bishops, as well as numerous other religious leaders, have pressured the Government to change its policy on asylum seekers in an open letter.
Posted: Saturday, December 10 , 2005, 11:09 (UK)

The Government has come under pressure from nineteen Anglican bishops, including the Archbishop of York, to change its policies which “victimise” asylum seekers, reports The Church of England Newspaper.

Just one week after his enthronement, Dr John Sentamu led the bishops and other religious leaders across the UK in the condemnation against the Government policies, which they described as “inhuman” for leaving asylum seekers homeless and without financial support.

The criticism was voiced in an open letter to The Times, with a total of 36 signatories, including the Bishops of Worcester, Chester, Sheffield and Ripon and Leeds, as well as leaders from the Roman Catholic, Baptist, Methodist, Scottish Episcopal and United Reformed Churches. story