Archbishop of Canterbury criticizes UK plan to send refugees to Rwanda

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, Justin Welby, has criticized this Sunday the British government's plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda to await the processing of their process.

This announcement made by the British government this week has been criticized by human rights organizations and even by the UN.

Welby, who is the Archbishop of Canterbury, the most senior clergyman in the Church of England, has added to the criticism in his Easter message.

In it, the religious leader affirms that this proposal raises "serious and serious ethical questions."

"The principle must withstand the judgment of God and it does not," Welby stressed.

The cleric considers that a country like the United Kingdom, formed on the basis of Christian values, cannot "

even to a country like Rwanda that has good intentions."

"This is the opposite of God's nature," he added.

When British Prime Minister Boris Johnson unveiled his plan a few days ago, he already suggested his proposal could face legal challenges.

However, the Home Office, which is in charge of implementing the policy, argued that the UK's current system "is broken" in the face of unprecedented migration pressures.

Rwanda will initially receive

(about 144 million euros) to welcome asylum seekers and migrants and give them a legal path to residence."

For its part, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) criticized the plan as an "appalling violation of international law."

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