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Bishop of Chelmsford’s Bill proposes legal pathways for asylum-seekers

A HUMANITARIAN visa scheme that would create a legal pathway for asylum-seekers to enter the UK has been proposed by the Bishop of Chelmsford, Dr Guli Francis-Dehqani, in an attempt to dismantle the people-smuggling operations that send thousands of people across the Channel in unsafe boats

08 Dec 2023

Response to asylum-seekers is in limbo, says Welby after Supreme Court ruling on Rwanda policy

CHURCH leaders and campaigners have called on the Government to abandon its plan to deport asylum-seekers to Rwanda since the Supreme Court ruled that it was unlawful

15 Nov 2023

Leader comment: Unprincipled Act

THERE are two approaches habitually used by politicians: one that impresses the voters, and one that can inspire them

21 Jul 2023

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12 May 2023

Hostile policies towards asylum-seekers should be challenged, says Bishop Poggo

25 Apr 2023

Gafcon leaders — ‘with broken hearts’ — reject Archbishop of Canterbury as first among equals

19 Apr 2023

Peers say Government plans to bypass Lords over deportations to Rwanda

10 Feb 2023

Press: Reckoning with the Rwanda plan’s defenders

23 Dec 2022

Rwanda plan ‘immoral’ despite court ruling, say charities

19 Dec 2022

Press: AI chatbots reveal inhumanity of New Atheism

16 Dec 2022

Patriarchate of Alexandria pushes back against move into Africa

25 Nov 2022

Dr Idowu-Fearon regrets absences at Lambeth Conference

02 Sep 2022

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