The Archbishop of Canterbury today blasted Suella Braverman for denying refugees’ “dignity” in the “cruel” asylum system.
Justin Welby lined up with other Bishops to hit out after the Home Secretary branded asylum seekers an “invasion on our southern coast” in October.
Hosting a House of Lords debate, he said: “When we fail to challenge the harmful rhetoric that refugees are the cause of this country's ills, that they should be treated as problems not people, invaders to be tackled and deterred, we deny the essential value and dignity of our fellow human beings.”
