‘Handwringing or bell ringing’ will not tackle migrant crisis, Archbishop told

‘Handwringing or bell ringing’ will not tackle migrant crisis, Archbishop told

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he Archbishop of Canterbury has been told neither “handwringing or bell ringing” will solve the misery of the channel crossings after the church leader condemned Government plans to tackle the small boats crisis.

The rebuke of the Most Rev Justin Welby at Westminster came as he lambasted the Illegal Migration Bill as “morally unacceptable and politically impractical” and urged a rethink.