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Bishops should be abashed over their grandstanding

Immigration is not a subject I have talked about frequently in the BVM, as it rarely affects us directly in West Dorset, but I think it is important to share with you my insights on what is going on about it nationally.

A few weeks ago, 12 bishops wrote a letter to The Guardian saying they were deeply concerned about Government’s plan (namely the Nationality and Borders Bill) to deal with immigrant crossings in the channel amongst other things.

Whilst I think the bishops’ letter is grandstanding, because it was sent to a left-wing newspaper rather than the 650 MPs in parliament who do have an influence, I would like to share my own views. Only a few weeks ago, we had more than 1,500 illegal immigrants cross the English Channel in a single day. They are not fleeing a threat, they are not fleeing persecution in France these people are illegal immigrants, encouraged by the French, facilitated by people traffickers to cross the channel.

It has been outrageous in my view, that our government has also given France £58 million to deal with this issue, mainly because they haven’t! The bishops’ letter purposely looks to confuse immigrants with refugees. They are totally separate.

Although I agree previous policies have not worked, being a member of EU made it very difficult to manage. This Bill will address it and I support the action taken. If anyone is in any doubt that this country takes seriously its role in helping refugees, you just have to look at what we have done to help Afghan refugees in recent weeks

If I can help with constituency issue, please get in touch at: House of Commons, London, SW1A 0AA or online: chrisloder.co.uk.

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