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Boris Johnson’s plan to send illegal migrants to Rwanda goes against Christian values, the Archbishop of Canterbury said on Easter Sunday.

The Most Rev Justin Welby used his Easter sermon to criticise Downing Street after the Government announced that refugees who reach the UK by illicit means will be given a one-way ticket to East Africa.

The Archbishop said the policy raises “serious ethical questions” and cannot “stand the judgment of God” or “carry the weight of our national responsibility as a country formed by Christian values”.

The intervention came after criticism from human rights organisations and the United Nations, but broad support from Conservative MPs – who have long bemoaned that the Government was not doing enough to stop small boats crossing the Channel.

Read more: https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/04/16/rwanda-refugee-plan-ungodly-says-justin-welby/

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