Published on: 04/17/2022 – 12:50
This Easter Sunday, the Archbishop of Canterbury – the highest dignitary of the Anglican Church – Justin Welby called for a ceasefire in Ukraine. Most importantly, he used the Mass on Christian’s holiest day to denounce the government’s migration scheme, which aims to “relocate” migrants who entered Britain illegally to Rwanda. A very political crowd…
with our correspondent in London, Emil Wein
In his most important homily of the year, Archbishop Justin Welby says the government’s plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda raises serious ethical questions… “The details are a matter for politicians and politicians. The principle [du plan] must stand the judgment of God and he cannot. He is unable to bear the weight of the righteousness of the resurrection, the victory of life over death. »
For the government, this 150 million euro plan should make it possible to counteract smuggling networks. A “godless” program for the Primate of England that continues. Outsourcing our responsibility, even to a well-intentioned country like Rwanda, goes against the nature of God, who took responsibility for our mistakes on the cross. »
announced Thursday by Prime Minister Boris Johnson, this plan has already triggered an outcry – beyond this reaction from the Archbishop of Canterbury: the opposition and almost 200 NGOs have denounced the British-Rwandan partnership and a “subcontracting” of the migration issue… The interior minister also had to assert herself against the reservations of her teams.
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