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Peter HUTCHISON

Anglican Leader Calls UK Rwanda Migrants Plan 'Damaging'

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said the government's Rwanda bill leads Britain down "a damaging path" (Credit: AFP)

The leader of the world's Anglicans on Monday warned that the UK government's plan to send migrants to Rwanda was leading the nation down a "damaging path", as he waded into the highly charged political issue.

Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said the controversial plan of Prime Minister Rishi Sunak's Conservative government would "outsource our legal and moral responsibilities for refugees and asylum seekers".

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