Church Challenges Government over Failed Asylum Seekers
The Church of England is joining calls for the Government to end the destitution of people refused asylum in Britain.
The Archbishops' Council revealed its intention today to join the 'Still Human Still Here' campaign, run by a coalition of church, refugee and asylum organisations to highlight the plight of thousands of refused asylum seekers in the UK.
The Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, the Rt Rev John Packer, today said: "Refused asylum seekers are forced into abject poverty without permission to work or access to healthcare and education while they wait either to leave the UK or be granted leave to remain here."
