The UK government has defended its plan to send illegal immigrants to the African country of Rwanda after it was criticised by a senior church leader.
Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced on April 14 that people who enter the UK illegally, including those who cross the English Channel in small boats, may end up being relocated to the African country of Rwanda.
On April 17, Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, criticised the plan in his Easter sermon. He described the plan as an act of “sub-contracting out our responsibilities,” which he said is “the opposite of the nature of God.”
A group of people thought to be illegal immigrants are brought in to Dover, Kent, England, on April 15, 2022. (Gareth Fuller/PA Media)
In response, a Home Office spokesperson said: “The UK has a proud history of supporting those in need of protection and our resettlement programmes have provided safe and legal routes to better futures for hundreds of thousands of people across the globe.
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