London: The Right Rev. Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the bishop of Dover, claims that some Britons are mainly worried about the possibility of more "brown people" coming to the UK and would welcome other migrants.
She expressed "interesting" that she had not heard any worries about people arriving from countries like Ukraine or Hong Kong on the BBC's HardTalk programme.
The Church of England appointed Jamaican-born Hudson-Wilkin in 2019 as the first black woman to hold the position of bishop. She claimed that some Britons "do not understand their own history."
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People all over the world have "a natural affinity and connection" with the UK and desire to visit because of international historical ties like these, she claimed.
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According to the BBC, more than 8,000 migrants have travelled across the English Channel on small boats so far this year, many of whom were fleeing some of the world's poorest and most unstable nations.
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The government's Illegal Migration Bill, which is currently making its way through Parliament, will give ministers the authority to deport anyone who enters the UK illegally and prevent them from requesting asylum to Rwanda or another "safe country."
The legislation, according to Hudson-Wilkin, "appalled" her because "since time immemorial, people have moved, people have picked themselves up, picked their families, and decided (to go) where life is better."
A government spokesperson told the BBC that it is "wrong to compare and set vulnerable groups against each other."
"The United Kingdom has a proud tradition of helping those who require protection. Numerous thousands of people from all over the world have access to better futures thanks to our resettlement programmes, which are safe and legal.
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To fix the broken global asylum system and stop vile people smugglers from endangering people's lives, however, the world is currently experiencing an unprecedented global migration crisis.
According to the spokesperson, Rwanda is "a fundamentally safe and secure country with a track record of supporting asylum seekers."