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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Geraldine Scott

Archbishop Justin Welby says Rwanda asylum plan ‘cannot stand God’s judgment’ in damning Easter sermon

PA Wire

The Government’s policy to send migrants to Rwanda would not stand up to the scrutiny of God, the head of the Church of England has said.

In his Easter sermon on Sunday, the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby said “sub-contracting out our responsibilities, even to a country that seeks to do well, like Rwanda, is the opposite of the nature of God who himself took responsibility for our failures”.

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