Catholic and Anglican bishops from Britain and France have joined together to ask their countries to be more generous to migrants at Calais.
Archbishop Peter Smith of Southwark, the Rt Rev Trevor Wilmott, the Anglican Bishop of Dover, and Bishop Jean-Paul Jaeger of Arras visited the “Jungle” refugee camp at Calais last Saturday.
They joined more than 2,000 supporters from across Europe in a “Refugees Welcome” Day of Action. At the port gates there was a rally with prayers, speeches and music. Archbishop Smith told Independent Catholic News: “It’s very sad. People are living here in very bad conditions. But I was delighted to see how resilient people are, showing real enterprise, building the chapel and setting up little shops.”
