Church anger over asylum poverty
Monday, 22 May 2006

Asylum seekers are suffering "unacceptable" destitution because of government policies, a report published by the Church of England has said.

Archbishop of Canterbury Dr Rowan Williams and Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu unveiled the Faithful Cities report in London.

The report also called for a narrowing of the gap between rich and poor.

The report comes 20 years after the Faith in the City paper which attacked some of Margaret Thatcher's policies. the rest