*this headline, like the Telegraph’s recent front page on immigration, has no statistical basis. On 22 January, the Daily Telegraph tried to convince Londoners they were surrounded by potentially society wrecking illegal immigrants with the front-page headline “1 in 12 Londoners is an illegal …
Immigration
Excrescences and Performative Cruelty
The former Welfare Reform minster has described two of his own policies as “excrescences” that were made into law because they were popular. The phrase “Performative Cruelty” has been used to describe such policies and most recently in describing the treatment of refugees. Here Paul asks if or when …
Black and ethnic minority communities, immigration and asylum in Wales
Updated March 2021by Gethin Rhys Background The 2011 census indicated that over 95% of the Welsh population was white. The census also indicated the presence of a growing number of some black and ethnic minority communities in Wales. Cytûn: Churches Together in Wales and Evangelical …
Refugee Week – More than Welcome
What’s your idea of Heaven? A feast? A place where people of many languages live in harmony? Where tears are wiped away? Where problems fade and disappear? A place of welcome, peace and joy? Today I visited the Avenue Multicultural Centre (AMC) in Southampton, a weekly event for asylum …
Responding to Trump’s Executive Order on Immigration
Churches in America have responded strongly to President’s Trump executive order on immigration. In a spirit of solidarity and shared concerns we share here a selection of the statements made by our sister Churches. Presbyterian Church …