Other EU Countries ‘Shunting’ Asylum Seekers To ‘Soft Touch’ Britain, Claims Archbishop Of York
‘EU nations must offer asylum to refugees in their own countries rather than “shunting” them to Britain, the Archbishop of York has said.
Dr. John Sentamu, the Church of England’s second highest cleric, blamed the existence of the ‘Jungle’ camp in Calais on the Schengen zone, which allows migrants from the Middle East and Africa to pass through Europe and reach the English Channel without any passport checks.
“All of the asylum seekers in Calais have come through the Schengen Agreement, they have gone from nation to nation,” Sentamu said, speaking at the Henley Literary Festival.’
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