{"id":746,"date":"2021-05-11T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/latest-news\/3812-faith-groups-urge-home-secretary-to-rethink-new-immigration-plan.html"},"modified":"2021-05-11T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T16:12:12","slug":"faith-groups-urge-home-secretary-to-rethink-new-immigration-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/standrewsurcrustington.org.uk\/?p=746","title":{"rendered":"Faith groups urge Home Secretary to rethink new immigration plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/urc.org.uk\/images\/News\/News_images\/Syrian_refugees_julie_ricard_unsplash.jpeg\" alt=\"Syrian refugees julie ricard unsplash\" width=\"300\" style=\"margin-left: 10px;margin-bottom: 10px;float: right\" title=\"Young children in a Syrian refugee camp.\" \/>The United Reformed Church has joined a coalition of faith groups and leaders in writing to Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, to urge her to rethink the government&#8217;s proposed New Plan for Immigration, which they say \u201clacks humanity and respect for human dignity.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Signatories include the Jesuit Refugee Service, Caritas, Welcome Churches, the Salvation Army, Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network, UK Welcomes Refugees, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Free Church of Scotland and many others.<\/p>\n<p class=\"feed-readmore\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"\/latest-news\/3812-faith-groups-urge-home-secretary-to-rethink-new-immigration-plan.html\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More &#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The United Reformed Church has joined a coalition of faith groups and leaders in writing to Priti Patel, the Home Secretary, to urge her to rethink the government&#8217;s proposed New Plan for Immigration, which they say \u201clacks humanity and respect for human dignity.\u201d Signatories include the Jesuit Refugee Service, Caritas, Welcome Churches, the Salvation Army, Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network, UK Welcomes Refugees, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the United Free Church of Scotland and many others. 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