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Friday, 26 July 2019

Faith leaders urge Boris Johnson to commit to offering refugees sanctuary

Open letter to new prime minister says UK should accept at least 10,000 refugees each year

More than 100 faith leaders have written to Boris Johnson, asking him to commit his government to offering refugees a sanctuary in the UK.

The signatories to the open letter include more than 20 Church of England bishops, the secretary-general of the Muslim Council of Britain, 33 rabbis, the director of the Hindu Council, the founder of City Sikhs, the archbishop of Wales, the primus of the Scottish Episcopal church, and leaders from the Quakers, Methodists, United Reform church, the Salvation Army, Buddhists and Zoroastrians.

Related: Campaigners renew calls for UK to accept 10,000 child refugees

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