Cardinal Vincent Nicholls, as President of the Conference of Catholic Bishops, has welcomed this new report concerning migrants and refugees. He comments: “Love the Stranger draws together more than one hundred years of Catholic teaching to guide our response to migration in England and Wales today. While it does not propose detailed solutions to complex problems, it clearly calls for procedures which permit safe and controlled access and a fair hearing to those seeking asylum. Present arrangements in this country are dramatically lacking in both of these requirements.”
The full report can be seen via the Bishops’ Conference website: www.cbcew.org.uk/love-the-stranger