{"id":103,"date":"2020-01-25T16:16:29","date_gmt":"2020-01-25T16:16:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=103"},"modified":"2020-01-25T16:16:29","modified_gmt":"2020-01-25T16:16:29","slug":"urgent-action-needed-to-stop-deportation-of-urc-member","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=103","title":{"rendered":"Urgent action needed to stop deportation of URC member"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/Madhi.jpg\" alt=\"Madhi\" width=\"300\" height=\"164\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" \/>The Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly, its General Secretary and other senior staff have signed a letter urging the Home Office to stop the deportation of a URC member who was recently arrested and may be deported early next week.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A petition which asks the Home Office to stop the deportation and for the person\u2019s immediate release, set up by URC Minister the Revd Melanie Smith, has received more than 15,000 signatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3327-urgent-action-needed-to-stop-deportation-of-urc-member.html\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Moderator of the United Reformed Church (URC) General Assembly, its General Secretary and other senior staff have signed a letter urging the Home Office to stop the deportation of a URC member who was recently arrested and may be deported early next week. 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