The Archbishop of Canterbury and other faith leaders support recommendations for changes to the UK asylum system, including allowing migrants to work after six months and providing free English language education upon arrival.
The Archbishop of Canterbury is among several faith leaders to have backed a shake-up to the 'broken' asylum system , ahead of a parliamentary showdown over the Rwanda Bill . Migrants would be eligible to work in the UK after six months of waiting for an asylum decision and given free English language education as soon as they arrive in the country under fresh recommendations.
The proposals are part of a report by the independent Commission on the Integration of Refugees (CIR), which also calls for the reinstatement of a refugees minister in government. The Most Rev Justin Welby was joined by Chief Rabbi Sir Ephraim Mirvis, Shaykh Ibrahim Mogra, Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Rabbis Josh Levy and Charley Baginsky in calling for the changes.It comes on the same day that the Rwanda Bill is returning to the House of Lords, after MPs rejected all of their amendments on Monday.With Easter recess starting next week, the legislation is unlikely to pass before the break if the Lords maintain their resistance. But Rishi Sunak is still hoping to get the first flights to Kigali off the ground by the spring, with Downing Street urging peers to 'work with the government
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