According to the plans, refugees who have been approved in Rwanda will then be allowed to stay, instead of being repatriated to the United Kingdom. Rejected applicants will be deported. In his Easter speech at Canterbury Cathedral, the archbishop is expected to say he has “serious ethical questions about sending asylum seekers abroad.” “The beginning must withstand the judgment of God and it cannot,” he will say. “He can not lift the weight of resurrection justice, of life that overcomes death. “He can not lift the weight of the resurrection that was first appreciated by the least, because it favors the rich and powerful. “And it can not bear the burden of our national responsibility as a country formed by Christian values, because the subcontracting of our responsibilities, even in a country that seeks to do well like Rwanda, is the opposite of nature of God that he undertook. responsibility for our failures “. A Home Office spokeswoman said: “The United Kingdom has a proud history of supporting those in need of protection and our resettlement programs have provided safe and legal avenues for a better future for hundreds of thousands of people around the world. “However, the world is facing a global migration crisis on an unprecedented scale and change is needed to prevent the miserable smugglers who are endangering human lives and to repair the damaged global asylum system. “Rwanda is a fundamentally safe and secure country with a history of supporting asylum seekers. “Under this agreement, they will process claims under the UN Refugee Convention, national and international human rights law.”
