by Sean Reilly | Jul 9, 2008
The Methodist Conference has condemned the UK government’s failure to care for Zimbabwean refugees and is urging the Government to immediately stop all deportations to Zimbabwe and grant indefinite ‘right to remain’ to Zimbabwean refugees. The Conference expressed...
by Sean Reilly | May 29, 2008
The head of Africa’s biggest church grouping says he is hurt and tormented by a wave of attacks against foreigners in South Africa that have claimed the lives of at least 50 people, causing self-revulsion in a nation that once prided itself for post-apartheid...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 21, 2008
Home Office plans to introduce an “earned citizenship” system for immigrants from outside the European Union who want to become British have been attacked as potentially descriminatory and degrading by campaigners. Prime Minister Gordon Brown gave strong...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 18, 2008
Churches and campaigners for asylum justice in Leeds and beyond are dismayed at the deportation of a member of a Baptist congregation. They say it highlights deep concerns about the fairness of the United Kingdom asylum system. Ms Grace Cole, who is a qualified...
by Sean Reilly | Feb 8, 2008
Only a small number of the refugees arrested in a controversial police raid on Central Methodist Mission in Johannesburg, South Africa, remain in jail, according to the bishop there – writes Linda Bloom for UMNS. Thirteen people still were waiting for court...
