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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
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Sophie Halle-Richards

Bishop of Manchester blasts government policy to send asylum seekers to Rwanda as a 'moral low'

The Bishop of Manchester has described the government's plan to deport failed asylum seekers to Rwanda as a 'moral low.'

Rev David Walker referred to a line in the bible which states 'do not punish the innocent to catch the guilty' on the BBC's Newsnight programme as he condemned the controversial new policy.

It comes after a number of Senior Church of England bishops signed a letter which was published in the Times on Tuesday morning to coincide with the deportation of the first migrants to Rwanda.

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