A senior bishop in the Lords has condemned Rishi Sunak’s proposed laws to crackdown on Channel migrant crossings, warning the plans will “inflict harm” and force people into “destitution” RichardVaughan1 reports
In a sign of the level of opposition towards thein the House of Lords, the Bishop of Durham has bitterly attacked the legislation, insisting it cannot pass in its current form and accused the Government in “abdicating in its moral and legal” duties to protect those fleeing persecution.
“This will be not only to the detriment of the refugee community but ourselves as a wider society. I believe we can and must do better than this.”
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