The Guardian describes as “insensitive” attempts by Christian aid workers to convert Muslim refugees to Christianity during their detention at an asylum center on the island of Lesbos, Greece.
In an exchange in Britain’s House of Lords today, Archbishop of Canterbury the Most Reverend Justin Welby expressed concern for the unaccompanied children left in an increasingly
“Attracted by the lighthouse beam, the refugees that land on the rocky shore are soaked through, tired and hungry. ” – Us
“A moral crisis of this magnitude calls each and all of us to play our parts. “
Anglican relief and development leaders meet in Wales to address European refugee crisis.
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