The immigration debate can be unpleasant. Christians must be compassionate
By 
Tim Farron MP2024-10-03T12:51:00
As immigration continues to dominate headlines, Tim Farron MP says we should offer safe, legal routes to the UK for certain groups of people. He also wants Christians to eschew dehumanising rhetoric about migrants
One million people have been displaced from their homes in southern Lebanon as Israel carries out air strikes against Hezbollah. These include many Syrian refugees who had previously fled to Lebanon to escape their own civil war. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees reports that 100,000 people have now crossed into Syria.
Meanwhile, in the Austrian elections, the far-right Freedom Party has won the most seats, in the latest in a series of victories for national populist anti-immigration parties across Europe.
Closer to home, immigration is also dominating the Conservative leadership contest. Kemi Badenoch has warned that some immigrants will not share British values, and Robert Jenrick has called for the UK to leave the European Convention on Human Rights in order to make it easier to turn migrants away.
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