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UK Parliament passes Rwanda refugee bill that is ‘as inhumane as it is absurd’

April 23, 2024

Britain’s Parliament has finally passed the Rwanda bill which will send some asylum seekers to the African country, a move a leading Catholic agency says is “as inhumane as it is absurd”. The controversial bill was passed after months of back-and-forth between the House of Commons and House of Lords. The Jesuit Refugee Service UK

EXCLUSIVE: Calls for ‘urgent’ inquiry into amendments to legalise late-term abortion in UK

January 25, 2024

The UK government is being called to launch an urgent inquiry after the medical director of one of the UK’s largest abortion providers reportedly used his position at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (RCOG) to issue new guidance to pressurise Parliament to support two amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill related to legalising late-term

Tory party is ‘natural home’ of Catholics, says Rees-Mogg

January 31, 2023

On Wednesday evening last week, the Catholics In The Conservative Party group hosted a formal launch event in the Houses of Parliament. The group aims to support, recruit and mentor Catholics in the Conservative party and public life to ensure that the Catholic voice is always heard in government. Having been officially founded in 2020

UK’s Patel agrees to meet MP, delegation to discuss Pakistani Christian girl’s asylum case

June 08, 2021

In a statement, ACN UK National Director Neville Kyrke-Smith stressed the need for swift action. “It is urgent that the Prime Minister acts to save the lives of Maira and her family," he said. "They are in grave danger.”

UK Parliament recognizes Chinese persecution of Uyghurs as genocide

April 23, 2021

The non-binding motion further calls on the UK government “to fulfil its obligations under the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of Genocide and all relevant instruments of international law to bring it to an end.”